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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Dimitry Rtischev, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Philip L. Hubbard, Stanford, CA (US);
Leonardo Neumeyer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kaori Shibatani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Minds and Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for language fluency training on a computer system having an audio output device includes invoking a web browser program, receiving a pre-recorded file including a message in a spoken language from a conversation partner, playing the message to a user seeking fluency training in the spoken language from within the web browser program on the audio output device, asynchronously with playing the message, recording a user file including a message in the spoken language from the user in response to the message from within the web browser program, outputting the user file to the conversation partner and to a language instructor, receiving an instruction file including an instruction message in the spoken language from the language instructor in response to the user message and playing the instruction message to the user from within the web browser program on the audio output device.