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20080206723 | Baseball System and Apparatus for Signal Calling - A system and apparatus for signals, signs, and plays to be communicated to the baseball/softball players using a series of band cards worn by the players that contain a unique and varying combination of numbers, letters, and symbols. With or without the designation of a “hot color” or symbol, which dictates which column the players are supposed to refer to for their plays and assignments, the coach is able to signal both real and fake signals and plays by following the hot or cold designation with certain numbers and letters. These numbers and colors can be coordinated for each position on the baseball/softball field such that the same “hot color” and series of numbers puts all the players in their individual desired position. These band cards can be worn in several places, including in wristbands with clear plastic windows or attached to baseball hats. | 08-28-2008 |
20080213734 | Method for Decoding Pictographic Signs Present on Ancient Artifacts - The invention is a method for transcribing and decoding/reading pictographic characters found on ancient artifacts, dated either prior, during or after the time of the beginnings of Dynastic Ancient Egypt (circa 3100 BC), in such a way, so that they may be presented in schematic drawings (sets of pictographic signs) for which analogues are found in Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, following the stylized version of the pictographic script from the pyramid texts of Ancient Egypt, independent of the calligraphic styles applied. Thus transcribed in the form and shape of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, these characters are then translated into modern languages, using the scientifically accepted systems for reading the Egyptian hieroglyphic script. | 09-04-2008 |
20080261180 | Dental hand signaling system and method - A hand signaling system and method provides a series of hand gestures for enabling non-verbal communication from a patient to a dental practitioner during a dental procedure. The system and method enable reduced procedure time. | 10-23-2008 |
20080280268 | TOY SYSTEM FOR TEACHING A LANGUAGE - A language teaching toy system includes a base configured as an environment theme in which a user would have a particular conversation. The language teaching toy system also includes a plurality of accessories similarly configured for use in role play with the base. The base includes an identifier such that when an accessory is associated with the identifier, the identifier can generate identifying information to determine which accessory is being associated with the base. An electronic controller can receive the identifying information from the identifier and can send an output to a speaker to announce a word associated with the particular accessory in a first language then in a second language. | 11-13-2008 |
20080286729 | System, Method, Computer Program and Data Set Intended to Facilitate the Comprehension and/or Learning of Languages by Utilizing Modified Versions - The invention relates to a system, method, computer program and data set which are intended to facilitate language comprehension and/or learning. For said purpose, samples of a target language are worked on and modified versions of said samples are used. The purpose of the modified versions is to provide clues which will enable the person using the invention to understand the target language samples. The invention greatly facilitates the management of the modified versions. In particular, the invention aids the tutor in the creation of modified versions and, in addition, in the identification of the versions most suited to the person interested in understanding and/or learning the target language. The modified versions are produced using sets of modifications, referred to herein as Relations, which are processed autonomously. | 11-20-2008 |
20090081622 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TEACHING TONAL LANGUAGE - A method and system for teaching a tonal language in which the meaning of at least some words depends on the application of one of a plurality of tones. The method includes associating each of the plurality of tones with a hand position, expressing one of the at least some words and applying one of the tones to that word, and simultaneously with expressing the word, asserting a hand position associated with the applied one of the plurality of tones. Alternatively or in combination with the hand position, a color and/or a hand movement may be associated with a tone. The method may be embodied in a recorded medium such as CD or DVD. | 03-26-2009 |
20090087821 | Digital language teaching system - A digital language teaching system is disclosed, in which through an audio control manner, the learner, by utilizing a learning sub-machine, can focus on listening and speaking practice under a simple hardware control and operation, so that the teaching staff and the learner can have a more direct and faster interaction for improving learning efficiency. Moreover, through the output devices of the video device and teaching providing the learner the teaching image and the interactive teaching pictures, the video learning manner can be provided to the learner through the supplemental multimedia teaching materials, so that the teaching staff can teach the learners in accordance with their aptitudes, and the learner can find the most suitable learning method. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087822 | COMPUTER-BASED LANGUAGE TRAINING WORK PLAN CREATION WITH SPECIALIZED ENGLISH MATERIALS - Language training for non-English proficient speakers is provided by an optimized language training work plan which enables a student to improve their effectiveness in working with specialized English language materials. Specialized English materials or authentic recordings/transcriptions of communication in the workplace is analyzed to determine its complexity against a recognized standard and generate a registry of skills. The measuring of the language complexity of authentic English materials allows work streams correlated to the statistical probability of a student achieving the desired level of proficiency to be developed in the generation of appropriate training content. Based upon an assessment of the students language skill level a work plan is created and applicable content is delivered to a content player through a network. The content provides the ability to improve various aspects of language fluency in relation to specialized content. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092951 | SENSING TYPE LEARNING CARD AND LEARNING SYSTEM THEREOF - The invention discloses a sensing type learning card and a learning system including the card and a card reader. The sensing type learning card includes at least one card body and at least one identification label. The card reader includes a platform with a defined card disposing area, at least one sensing unit installed at the platform, at least one display unit installed on the card disposing area, a storage unit for storing at least one learning data, and a processing unit. The card body includes a transparent area. The identification label stores an identification data. If the sensing type learning card is disposed on the card disposing area, the sensing unit senses the identification label to read the identification data, and the processing unit inquires a learning data corresponding to the identification data from the storage unit, and drives the display unit to display the inquired learning data. | 04-09-2009 |
20090197224 | Language Learning Apparatus, Language Learning Aiding Method, Program, and Recording Medium - There is provided a language learning apparatus, which includes an inputting portion to which a voice signal is input, a time stretching portion which compresses or expands the voice signal in a time axis direction such that a phonation period of a voice indicated by the voice signal input into the inputting portion is matched with a phonation period of a model voice, a specifying portion which compares the voice signal which is compressed or expanded by the time stretching portion with a voice signal indicating the model voice to specify a different part between the both voice signals, a signal processing portion which applies a signal processing of emphasizing the different part specified by the specifying portion to one of the voice signal input into the inputting portion and the voice signal indicating the model voice, and an outputting portion which outputs a voice signal to which the signal processing is applied by the signal processing portion. | 08-06-2009 |
20090208912 | Process that produces two-dimensional symbols from words - A process that occurs within a border made up of the twenty-six-letter English alphabet that produces two-dimensional symbols from words by creating one continuous line from the first letter of a word being processed to the next letter of the same word being processed. This process continues in one unbroken line until the last letter of the word being processed has been reached. Once the last letter of the word being processed has been reached, the process stops. | 08-20-2009 |
20090253106 | MANIPULATIVE VISUAL LANGUAGE TOOL AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a manipulative visual language tool for teaching grammar and syntax of a language comprising at least one colored shape further comprising a graphical indicator, wherein said language comprises at least one grammatical part of speech, wherein said at least one grammatical part of speech comprises at least one variety of said grammatical part of speech, wherein said at least one colored shape comprises a single grammatical part of said at least one grammatical part of speech, and wherein said graphical indicator comprises a single variety of said at least one variety of said at least one grammatical part of speech. In a further embodiment, the present invention discloses a method of using the disclosed manipulative visual language tool. | 10-08-2009 |
20100015581 | Language arts game - An interactive live game, computer program game, television game, television game show, Internet game and Internet game show for all ages. The game in all forms is based on language arts, testing and teaching the players' knowledge in the use of written and oral language. All aspects of language arts, including but not limited to punctuation, spelling and grammar, are determined, found or corrected by individual teams. The game may be utilized in other educational fields, such as science or mathematics, or may be utilized for example in concepts of artificial intelligence, voice recognition and the like. | 01-21-2010 |
20100099064 | COLLECTIBLE CENTRIC EDUCATIONAL GAME SYSTEM - Children exhibit curiosity and desire to acquire things of interest from their earliest stages. This eventually evolves into their lust for toys, dolls, stickers, books, clothing, having books read to them, being allowed to watch TV, and more. Things of a child's interest are generically referred to as ‘collectibles’ hereafter. A game system that overlays educational content with in-game collectibles is presented. The more in-game collectibles the player has the more fun they have. This paradigm converts the lust for in-game collectibles into a lust to learn. A virtuous cycle emerges where (i) anticipation to acquire the next educational content builds up, and then (ii) this anticipation is gratified when the educational content is finally acquired, and (iii) the educational content is naturally appreciated until the child moves onto the next collectible. | 04-22-2010 |
20100099065 | INTERACTIVE CINEMATIC SYSTEM FOR BONUS FEATURES FOR MOVIES, TV CONTENTS, ANIME AND CARTOONS, MUSIC VIDEOS, LANGUAGE TRAINING, ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL NETWORKING - This invention is an apparatus and a method for language training and general entertainment and role-playing. It employs a digital processing system that can play back audio or audio-visual program material, using special software to selectively direct the audio of this playback through the digital processing system's speaker system or through a headset, with the user taking the audio routed to her headset—in particular speech—as a model and prompt to repeat this speech audibly. The user plays the role of the person in the program material whose speech is being routed to her headset, and the special software further permits the user to record her dubbing efforts along with the program material, producing a version of the program material with the user's voice recorded in place of, or in conjunction with, the voice of a character in the program material. | 04-22-2010 |
20100143873 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TASK BASED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION - A computer-implemented system and method for teaching a target language are disclosed that may include providing a pool of tasks associated with instruction of the target language by a computing system; receiving a query from a user requesting instruction of a target task from among the pool of tasks; identifying a sequence of tasks beneficial for teaching the target task; and presenting a lesson plan, including the beneficial sequence of language tasks, to the user in response to the user query, wherein the lesson plan includes the target task and at least one supporting task. | 06-10-2010 |
20100285434 | Automated Annotation - To automatically annotate an essay, a sentence of the essay is identified and a feature associated with the sentence is determined. In addition, a probability of the sentence being a discourse element is determined by mapping the feature to a model. The model having been generated by a machine learning application based on at least one annotated essay. Furthermore, the essay is annotated based on the probability. | 11-11-2010 |
20110065069 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF VERBAL RECOGNITION MEMORY - A method is presented to address quantitative assessment of verbal memory of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110111377 | Method to teach a dyslexic student how to read, using individual word exercises based on custom text - The method extracts individual words from a source text, in sequence of occurrence, and subsequently inserts these words in a vocabulary database table. Insertion only takes place if the said table does not yet contain that particular word. When the insertion process is completed, individual words are presented to the student to exercise. When the student reaches fluency in reading individual words, the source text from which they were extracted is presented and the student is able to read the text fluently. As the student progresses, the vocabulary table grows, allowing the source texts to contain more words, as only new words are exercised. The method's advantages are: Deliver positive reading experiences within days; The ability to teach a student how to read with materials at par with the student's verbal intelligence; The ability to teach reading in a non-technical manner, very close to the normal reading experience. | 05-12-2011 |
20110123965 | Speech Processing and Learning - This invention relates to the field of tonal language speech signal processing. We describe a computer system for characterizing samples of a tonal language. These are analyzed to identify one or more vocal tract characterizing parameters of the user and synthesized speech data is generated by modifying a variation of fundamental frequency with time using a set of standard tones. The synthesized speech data represents the user speaking the tonal language with the modified fundamental frequency. Graphical feedback to guide the user can also be provided. | 05-26-2011 |
20110151416 | Poet Personalities - A method of generating a poet personality including reading poems, each of the poems containing text, generating analysis models, each of the analysis models representing one of poems and storing the analysis models in a personality data structure. The personality data structure further includes weights, each of the weights associated with each of the analysis models. The weights include integer values. | 06-23-2011 |
20110229862 | Method and Apparatus for Training Brain Development Disorders - The present invention relates to the field of education of human subjects, and more specifically to a computer program for training the brain development disorder where in human subjects are impaired of social interaction and communication. The program deliver animated content to the subject and varies the size, clarity, colors, background images, animated characters, sound with animation, method of instructions, so they would be more easily distinguished by the subject and thereby gradually improves the subject's neurological processing and memory of the elements through repetitive stimulation. Thus the system, method and apparatus of the present invention maximizes the effectiveness and efficiency of learning by adding a reward delivery system to deliver the object of the student's interest upon achieving the goal set by the trainer. The system includes modules configuration system, user validation system, content delivery system, user response/input system, monitoring system and feedback system. The configuration engine includes a progress module which monitors a user's performance on any of learn, review and test modules and changes the future lessons based on the monitored performance. The content delivery system includes help or instructions screen to provide assistance with any of the learning lessons. | 09-22-2011 |
20110262886 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POWERED ELECTRONIC READER HAVING PRELOADED EDUCATIONAL DATA - A method, system and an apparatus of alternative energy powered electronic reader having preloaded educational data is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes converting a solar energy, through a photovoltaic cell, into an electrical current to utilize the solar energy of a sun. In addition, the method includes storing the electrical current in a battery to provide a power source to an electronic reader. The method also includes powering the electronic reader through the battery to provide an electronic content to a user. The method further includes storing the electronic content in a solid state drive in the electronic reader. The electronic content may be an educational lesson. | 10-27-2011 |
20110300520 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING A USER IN ORGANIZING AND WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER - A system for assisting a user in organizing and writing a research paper. The system includes a thesis module configured to run on a processor and to present a series of questions to the user, receive input regarding the series of questions, and to assemble a thesis statement based on the input received; a research module configured to run on the processor and to output topics related to the thesis statement, to output research notes, and to assemble source citations; an organization module configured to run on the processor and to edit the topics and research notes and to arrange the topics and the research notes within the topics in a predetermined order; and a writing module configured to run on the processor and to create an editable draft of the research paper that includes the thesis statement and the content of the research notes arranged in the predetermined order. | 12-08-2011 |
20120021389 | INTERACTIVE IMMERSION SYSTEM FOR MOVIES, TELEVISION, ANIMATION, MUSIC VIDEOS, LANGUAGE TRAINING, ENTERTAINMENT, VIDEO GAMES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING - This invention is an apparatus and a method for language training and general entertainment and role-playing. It employs a digital processing system plays back audio or audio-visual program material, using special software to selectively direct the audio of this playback through the system's speakers or a headset, with the user taking the headset audio—in particular speech—as a model and prompt to repeat this speech. The user plays the role of the speaker in the program material, and the software further permits the user to record, in audio or audio-video, her dubbing efforts along with the program material, producing a version of the program material with the user's voice recorded in place of, or in conjunction with, the voice of a character in the program material. The user's recorded performance can also be overlaid onto the original program material. | 01-26-2012 |
20120077155 | Electronic Reading Device - An electronic device is provided which can be used, for example, by a user who is learning to read, to input a word in question and be provided with visual and audio output of the phonetic components of the query word, thereby assisting the learning of pronunciation of the word. The electronic device includes a plurality of word databases corresponding to different predefined classification, such as reading level, age group or reading syllabus. | 03-29-2012 |
20120164606 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STORY MAKING SERVICE - Disclosed is a method for providing a story making service enabling multiple users to modify/change/rewrite contents, the method for providing a story making service includes: recommending and selecting the contents so as to help the users to select the contents performing the story making; determining a group to create or select the group using the story making together for the selected contents; generating and transmitting information necessary to provide services within the selected group; and reconfiguring a story to perform modification/change/rewriting works on the story within the selected contents and the selected service group. | 06-28-2012 |
20120189988 | System and Method for Finding the Most Likely Answer to a Natural Language Question - Automated question answering is disclosed that relates to the selection of an answer to a question from a pool of potential answers which are manually or automatically extracted from a large collection of textual documents. The a feature extraction component, a feature combination component, an answer selection component, and an answer presentation component, among others, are included. The input to the system is a set of one or more natural language questions and a collection of textual document. The output is a (possibly ranked) set of factual answers to the questions, these answers being extracted from the document collection. | 07-26-2012 |
20120196253 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION DESIGN SYSTEM - Embodiments of techniques and systems for utilize an interactive communication design system (“ICD”) along with a prompt-and-response mode of collecting data for the purposes of organizing ideas to be included in an essay are described. In various implementations, a series of pre-formulated essay questions, or prompts, may be posed to a student individually so as not to overwhelm him or her and to encourage and secure participation. The prompts may incorporate responses to previous prompts and may encourage restatement of ideas from the student. Responses that are received may be saved and published in various professional formats. Additionally, the generated work may be analyzed and one or more metrics generated based on the work. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 08-02-2012 |
20120251984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVANCEMENT OF VOCABULARY SKILLS IN A GAME ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing a word game for honing of vocabulary skills includes populating, by a computer processor, a tile grid with a plurality of words related by a predefined criterion, such that each of the words is adjacent to at least one other of the words to form a path beginning at a start grid tile and ending at an end grid tile, the start and end tiles being at least one edge of the tile grid; and transmitting and/or outputting the populated tile grid. The predefined criterion may be, for example, that all of the words are synonymous with respect to at least one word sense of a seed word. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251985 | LANGUAGE-TUTORING MACHINE AND METHOD - A language tutoring machine communicates with a user for teaching of a linguistic sub-system in a particular language. The language tutoring system comprises at least one computational module that functions to produce and comprehend utterances which employ the linguistic sub-system. The at least one computational module embodies two models which operationalizes the linguistic sub-system; a student model approximating a specified user's performance when producing and comprehending language involving the linguistic sub-system, and a teacher model which represents an archetypal configuration of the language-system. The teacher model and student model use the same formalisms, advantageously Incremental Recruitment Language (for conceptualising and interpreting) and Fluid Construction Grammar (for expression and parsing). This enables a single computational module to be operated, at different moments, to represent the teacher model and to represent the student model, and enables the same components to be used for language production and comprehension. | 10-04-2012 |
20120288833 | System and Method for Language Instruction Using Multiple Prompts - A method of teaching a language to a student by an instructor is disclosed, wherein the method may include the steps of the instructor uttering a first prompting phrase to the student; receiving a first response from the student in response to the first prompting phrase; modifying at least one characteristic of the first prompting phrase to generate a second prompting phrase; and the instructor uttering the second prompting phrase to the student, wherein at least one of the above steps is performed using a computer. | 11-15-2012 |
20120295235 | SET OF ATHLETIC BALLS FOR LEARNING THROUGH GAME PLAY - The present disclosure provides methods for making and sets of athletic balls for use in learning through game play. One or more embodiments include marking each of a number of tennis balls with a different letter symbol of an alphabetical set belonging to a language used in the game play, wherein all the letter symbols of the alphabetical set are used in marking the number of tennis balls; and marking each of the number of tennis balls with a different numerical symbol, the numerical symbol corresponding to a numerical position of the letter symbol in the alphabetical set of the language used in the game play. | 11-22-2012 |
20120308968 | LANGUAGE TRAINING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus with a memory that has a learning database and a user database. The learning database has a set of details to be learned and the user database has a user profile. The user profile has a weighing vector of weighing parameters corresponding to the set of details. The apparatus further has a processor configured to test a user for particular details in an order that is at least partly based on the weighing parameters. The processor is further configured to adjust the weighing parameter corresponding to a given detail depending on whether the user has passed the test. Also corresponding methods and computer programs are disclosed. | 12-06-2012 |
20130065204 | AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE SYSTEM - A method and device for providing a language system. The method includes displaying a home screen including a first plurality of user selectable communication keys, wherein each communication key represents a first word. In response to receiving a first indication of a user selection of a first key, it is determined whether the first key is linked to a secondary screen. If the first key is not linked to a secondary screen, an audible signal representing the first word is output. Otherwise, a secondary screen is displayed including a second plurality of communication keys that are related to the first word and a communication key that represents the first word. The device includes appropriate hardware for performing the method. In both the method and device, the language system is configured to output an audible output of a user selected word after no more than two user selections. | 03-14-2013 |
20130108994 | Adaptive Multimodal Communication Assist System | 05-02-2013 |
20130183643 | AUDIBLE DICTIONARY DEVICE - The present invention is an audible dictionary device that includes an attached pointer, an on and off switch, a volume control switch, a keyboard that includes a shift button and a delete button that is utilized to delete a previous usage history of one or more words researched or looked-up. The device also includes an audio speaker that emits any sounds that would include one or more words or other suitable verbiage and one or more meanings that are requested by the user, a submit button that is used to submit or enter any word or suitable combination of words that the audible dictionary device would give one or more meanings or definitions to, a language switch button that controls a language that the words entered and their the meanings would be emitted and pronounced and a screen display that displays the words and their the definitions. | 07-18-2013 |
20130189652 | METHOD OF LINGUISTIC PROFILING - In order to define or measure the language proficiency of a person, particularly the degree of flawlessness in the pronunciation, and/or to find out the linguistic background and identity of a person, the person's speech is compared with a selected reference language. This is achieved by applying autocorrelation and/or pattern recognition and/or signal processing and/or other corresponding methods for identifying and registering such sound elements and features that are typical of the reference language and occur repeatedly in the reference language speech sample. On the basis of the obtained linguistic profile of the reference language, corresponding sound elements and features are searched in the speech of the person, and there is calculated how many of the sound elements and features of the reference language linguistic profile the person substitutes with such sound elements or features that deviate from the reference language, and the substitute sound elements and features are defined. | 07-25-2013 |
20130209973 | Methods and Systems for Tracking Words to be Mastered - A method for tracking words to be mastered includes transmitting, by a first computing device, to a second computing device, a word for reading by a user of the second computing device. The method includes receiving, by the first computing device, from the second computing device, an indication that the user requested assistance with sight-reading the word. The method includes adding, by the first computing device, the word to an enumeration of words the user has not mastered. The method includes providing, by the first computing device, to an instructor of the user, the enumeration of words the user has not mastered. | 08-15-2013 |
20130230830 | INFORMATION OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION - An information outputting apparatus for outputting a first information, and a second information including a plurality of information units, comprising: storage means operable to store an information classification library including a plurality of information units and a classification status for each of the information unit; classification means operable to determine the classification status of each information unit in the second information according to the information classification library; output means operable to synchronically output the first information and the information units in the second information based on the classification results in said classification means; and classification control means operable to change real time the classification status for at least one information unit in the information classification library while the first information is output. | 09-05-2013 |
20130260346 | INTERACTIVE LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of interactive learning, a system and a computer-readable medium therefor are disclosed. The computer include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a display device for displaying information to a user, an audio device for communicating audio information to the user, and an input device for receiving information and commands from the user. The computer provides an interactive learning environment. The method includes presenting a structured curriculum to a user via the display device. The structured curriculum includes a linear progression of educational topics divided into a plurality of levels. Each of the plurality of levels represents a specific topic of educational content. Each of the plurality of levels is further divided into the plurality of lessons. The method also includes presenting a lesson to the user via the display device in a current mode selected from a plurality of modes. Each of the plurality of lessons represents a sub portion of the specific topic of the educational content and each of the plurality of modes includes specific challenges to accomplish. The method further includes receiving feedback from the user via the input device in an interactive manner until a challenge associated with the current mode is accomplished and advancing to a subsequent mode when the challenge of the current mode is accomplished by the user. | 10-03-2013 |
20130295533 | Method and System for Educational Linking of Lyrical Phrases and Musical Structure - An educational system and associated methodology links lyrical phrases with structural features of music creating educational tools for enhanced learning. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for enhanced learning includes lyrics customized to relay a lesson wherein the lyrics include one or more phrases of words. Structural features of music are tailored to function as an emotional stimulus while a visual display or rendering of the one or more phrases of words comprising the lyrics is presented to the user. The system further includes an audio presentation wherein a timing of the audibilization and visualization of the phrases that form the lyrics are synchronized with one or more structural features of music. | 11-07-2013 |
20130302762 | Noise Induced Brain Plasticity - The present disclosure relates to methods and tools that induce brain plasticity. The method involves presenting to an individual continuous noise over a period of time, and thereafter, providing the individual with tone sensitivity training or language training. | 11-14-2013 |
20140038142 | INTERACTIVE TYPE LANGUAGE LEARNING PLATFORM SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an interactive type language learning platform system applied to a display device. The interactive type language learning platform system comprises a learning interface and a video playback interface. The learning interface comprises a plurality of video options. The video playback interface comprises a video display zone and a subtitle display zone. When one of the video options is selected, the video playback zone displays video data in correspondence with the video option. The subtitle display zone synchronously displays a plurality of multi-language subtitle data in correspondence with the video date and a multi-language subtitle option respectively in correspondence with the multi-language subtitle data. When one of the multi-language subtitle options is selected, the video display zone displays a time position of the video data in correspondence with the multi-language subtitle option. Hereby, the present invention achieves the purpose of the interactive type language learning. | 02-06-2014 |
20140141392 | Systems and Methods for Evaluating Difficulty of Spoken Text - Systems and methods are provided for assigning a difficulty score to a speech sample. Speech recognition is performed on a digitized version of the speech sample using an acoustic model to generate word hypotheses for the speech sample. Time alignment is performed between the speech sample and the word hypotheses to associate the word hypotheses with corresponding sounds of the speech sample. A first difficulty measure is determined based on the word hypotheses, and a second difficulty measure is determined based on acoustic features of the speech sample. A difficulty score for the speech sample is generated based on the first difficulty measure and the second difficulty measure. | 05-22-2014 |
20140170610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING CONTROLLED VARIATIONS IN DIALOGUES - A method and system for teaching a user a target language includes developing and constructing variable potential paths of nodes representing an exchange between two participants in a dialogue, prompting and selecting a path of nodes through a conversation graph of the target language, the path of nodes defining a dialogue; and determining whether the user is ready to perform the dialogue that has been constructed and defined by the path of nodes, the determination being based on a user model which represents the user's current ability in and current knowledge of, the target language. If the user is ready to perform the dialogue, the path of nodes is executed to allow the user to perform the dialogue defined thereby; and if the user is not ready to perform the dialogue, training the user on one or more nodes of the path of nodes. | 06-19-2014 |
20140199666 | COMPREHENSION NORMALIZATION - The Comprehension Normalization Method of the present disclosure exploits the differences in the meanings of words or ideas between Big Data sets to build insight. When the comprehension normalization method is performed between two big data sets, both data sets take turns rephrasing the material of the other data set in their own language of understanding. The act of rephrasing a foreign idea connects the data within the set doing the rephrasing in a way it had not been connected before. After two sets take turns rephrasing the data within, both sets will become more connected than ever before and more insightful to the researcher. | 07-17-2014 |
20140242557 | AUDIBLE DICTIONARY DEVICE AND METHOD - An audible dictionary device defined by a device housing having a multipart screen display, an lock button, a command button, a headphone jack, a keyboard, a speaker, and a detachable stylus. Internally, the audible dictionary device includes a power source, a processor, non-volatile memory, an internal database of reference information. In some embodiments, a network interface which enables the audible dictionary device to receive reference information from a network location is included in addition to or in the alternative of the internal database. The device executes a process by which words are looked up by a user, with the user then being provided with various reference information and be provided audibly in addition to on screen about the looked up word. | 08-28-2014 |
20140342320 | LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A systems, methods, and products for language learning software that automatically extracts text from corpora using various natural-language processing product features, which can be combined with custom-designed learning activities to offer a needs-based, adaptive learning methodology. The system may receive a text, extract keywords pedagogically valuable to non-native language learning, assign a difficulty score to the text using various linguistic attributes of the text, generate a list of potential distractors for each keyword in the text to implement in learning activities, and topically tag the text against a taxonomy based on the content. This output is then used in conjunction with a series of learning activity-types designed to meet learners' language skill needs and then used to create dynamic, adaptive activities for them. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342321 | GENERATIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING USING ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Methods of conducting generative language training using a training corpus having a plurality of words and a plurality of stimuli are described. A stimulus is presented via an electronic display. A selection is received from visual representations of a plurality of the words represented on the display. It is determined whether the selected words correspond to the represented words in the stimulus. A mastery level can be determined based on correspondence of the responses and stimuli and the training corpus or sequence modified based on the mastery level. Another method includes receiving mastery-level data for multiple learners and determining a training sequence using relative difficulties determined from the mastery-level data. Another method includes determining a proficiency level using the correspondence of responses and, if the determined proficiency level corresponds to an intervention criterion, performing an intervention sequence including detecting word selections and unlocking inputs. | 11-20-2014 |
20150064663 | LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING THE SAME - There are disclosed a computer readable recording media recording a language learning program to execute a method including a first step of receiving input of a first video file selected by a user in a computer, a second step of receiving input of a first text associated with the first video file, and a step of generating an execution file configured to execute the first video file and to stand by in a first state where a voice can be input after executing the first video file. | 03-05-2015 |
20150093726 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Learning Behavior - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for tracking learning behavior and teaching individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other complex communication needs and learning disabilities. A demonstration of a task having a plurality of steps is provided on a graphical display of a computing device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet computer). The computing device receives an indication of any prompts or reward reminders given to the individual when the individual performs the task. Data is collected and automatically stored regarding the individual's behavior while performing the task. Upon successful completion of the task, a message of praise and/or a reward may be provided to the individual. | 04-02-2015 |
20150294008 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ACCESSING INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK - A method for facilitating learning of unfamiliar texts appearing in content provided over a network includes parsing each content that has not yet been handled; tokenizing each parsed content into at least a unit of information; providing a first storage unit with the at least a unit of information; providing a second storage unit with at least a value for a user's familiarity with the at least a unit of information; providing the second storage unit with at least a value for a user's desire to be exposed to the at least a unit of information; determining a suitability rank for the content to at least a user based on a value in the first storage unit and respective of the user information of the at least a user in the second storage unit; and recommending one or more content items respective of the suitability rank of each content. | 10-15-2015 |
20160111016 | METHOD OF EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION - A method of making an educational tool using a computing device having a processor and a memory, the method including steps of associating a trait with a literary style to form a literary style database in the memory; and determining the frequency of an occurrence of an item of a trait in the a text in a pre-determined range; subtracting a pre-determined value from the frequency of occurrence of the item of the trait to result in a difference, wherein if the difference is positive, a relevance value of the trait is obtained by dividing the difference with the pre-determined value and the trait is looked up in the literary style database to identify a literary style; and ordering the item of the trait in a list according to the magnitude of the relevance value such that top traits identified from the text can be presented. | 04-21-2016 |