Picture frame with associated audio messages and position sensitive or speech recognition device

In a picture frame for displaying one or more pictures and for storing one or more audio messages associated with one or more particular positions on the one or more pictures, the picture frame also having a position sensitive device adjacent to the one or more pictures, a method comprising the steps of:

• storing a first audio message in an audio storage circuit, wherein the first audio message corresponds to a first particular position on the one or more pictures;
• sensing with the position sensitive device whether a user has touched the picture frame at a point in proximity to the first particular position on the one or more pictures;
• and
• playing the first audio message through a speaker when the position sensitive device has sensed that the user has touched the picture frame at a point in proximity to the first particular position on the one or more pictures.

An apparatus for displaying one or more pictures and for playing audio messages associated with the one or more pictures, comprising:

• a frame for displaying the one or more pictures;
• an audio storage circuit attached to the frame, wherein the audio storage circuit stores audio messages associated with the one or more pictures;
• a speech recognition device attached to the frame and coupled to the audio storage circuit for initiating the playing of audio messages stored in the audio storage circuit, wherein the speech recognition device senses audio commands provided by a user, wherein particular audio commands are associated with particular audio messages;
• a speaker connected to the frame and coupled to the audio storage circuit for playing the audio messages;
• and
• a control circuit coupled to the audio storage circuit and the speech recognition device, wherein an audio message associated with a particular audio command is played through the speaker in response to the speech recognition device sensing the particular audio command.

In a picture frame for displaying one or more pictures and for storing one or more audio messages associated with one or more particular positions on the one or more pictures, the picture frame also having a speech recognition device, a method comprising the steps of:

• storing a first audio message in an audio storage circuit;
• storing a first audio command in the speech recognition device, wherein the first audio command corresponds to the first audio message;
• sensing with the speech recognition device whether a user has provided the first audio command;
• and
• playing the first audio message through a speaker when the speech recognition device has sensed that the user has provided the first audio command.