Claims
- 1. In combination, a talking toy and an external signal generating means, said talking toy including
- (a) a central processing unit;
- (b) a speech synthesizer including a digital to analog converter;
- (c) a memory for storing speech data in digital form;
- (d) a speaker coupled to said digital to analog converter to produce synthesized human speech, said central processing unit being arranged to access said memory to select speech data therefrom and supply said accessed data to said synthesizer, said speech data being stored in said memory in addresses which may be accessed to produce phrases of human speech; and
- (e) a radio frequency receiver coupled to said central processing unit to receive a binary encoded signal indicative of speech data to be elicited from said memory; said external signal generating means including
- (i) means for transmitting a radio frequency signal to said toy, said signal having binary encoded instructions for eliciting speech data from the memory of said toy; and
- (ii) means for narrating a story to which speech comments from the toy are elicited.
- 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said external signal generating means is a two track cassette player with a tape having the narration on one track and binary signals on the other for eliciting speech data from said memory.
- 3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said external signal generating means includes a television receiver and video input thereinto which will manifest a recognizable code indicative of the binary coded instructions, means for recognizing said code, and means responsive to said recognition means for transmitting said radio frequency signal.
- 4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said recognizable code is light patterns displayed on said television receiver and said means for recognizing is a photo sensitive sensor.
- 5. The combination of claim 1 wherein said toy also includes a transmitter and the toy may initiate simulated speech and transmit binary encoded signals indicative thereof, and wherein said binary encoded signal from said external signal generating means inhibits speech initiation by said toy.
- 6. In combination, a talking toy and cassette tape player, said talking toy including
- (a) a central processing unit;
- (b) a speech synthesizer including a digital to analog converter;
- (c) a memory for storing speech data in digital form;
- (d) a speaker coupled to said digital to analog converter to produce synthesized human speech, said central procesing unit being arranged to access said memory to select speech data therefrom and supply said accessed data to said synthesizer, said speech data being stored in said memory in addresses which may be accessed to produce phrases of human speech; and
- (e) a radio frequency receiver coupled to said central processing unit to receive a binary encoded signal indicative of speech data to be elicited from said memory; said cassette tape player including
- (i) means for transmitting a radio frequency signal to said toy, said signal having binary encoded instructions for eliciting speech data from the memory of said toy; and
- (ii) means for narrating a story to which speech comments from the toy are elicited.
- 7. The combination of claim 6 wherein said cassette tape player is a two track cassette player with a tape having the narration on one track and binary signals on the other for eliciting speech data from said memory.
- 8. The combination of claim 7 wherein said toy also includes a transmitter and the toy may initiate simulated speech and transmit binary encoded signals indicative thereof, and wherein said binary encoded signal from said tape player inhibits speech initiation by said toy.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/011,600 filed Feb. 6, 1987.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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