TWI543124B - English pronunciation auxiliary system - Google Patents

Description

English pronunciation assistant system

The invention relates to an English pronunciation auxiliary system, in particular, the user can correctly learn the pronunciation of the English by borrowing the cross pronunciation table without memorizing the traditional English pronunciation.

With the gradual formation of the global village, the people between countries are increasingly interacting with each other. Therefore, for groups using different mother tongues, it is necessary to provide a common language for most people to communicate with each other, and English is the most widely used. One of the international languages used.

For people in non-English speaking countries, it takes a lot of time and energy to learn the ability of listening, reading, speaking and writing in English. However, the pronunciation of English words by ordinary people is often not correct. The pronunciation is determined only by the text itself. It causes great learning difficulties for learners. The English word itself consists of 26 alphabetic symbols, but the pronunciation of the English word is determined by the phonetic symbol, such as the KK phonetic or the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Although each of the 26 letters has a specific corresponding phonetic symbol, each letter can have at least one pronunciation mode, or phonetic symbol, and the applicable rules are quite complicated, and the learner almost has to remember the phonetic symbols word by word, especially the English phonetic symbols. A large number of Greek letters increase the difficulty for learners to learn English. Take the American KK phonetic symbol as an example. The letter A has /e/, /æ/, / /, / ε /, / α /, / /as well as/ / / Different pronunciation methods, such as Amy, at, all, arts, area, advantage, and the letter E can have /i /, / ε /, / /, /e/, / /, / / pronunciation, such as He, help, her caf é, event, education, open, college. In addition, the combination of two letters au sometimes has to be issued / /, such as audit, August, cautious, laundry, but some words need to send /a /, Macau, such as tau, and laugh, draught is /æ/.

Therefore, there is a need for a new English pronunciation assistance system, which can assist the user to learn the correct English pronunciation without the need to memorize the traditional English phonetic symbols, and solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an English pronunciation assistance system, which can assist a user to learn a correct English pronunciation without the need to memorize the traditional English phonetic symbols, and mainly includes a file input unit and a control unit. a touch display unit and a sounding unit, wherein the file input unit can be used to input an English file in an electronic file format, and the touch display unit has an image display function, can display the display screen and generate a plurality of control signals, and the sounding unit has a sounding function. At the same time, the control unit receives the English file from the file input unit and the control signal from the touch display unit, and controls the display screen of the touch display unit and the pronunciation function of the pronunciation unit.

The above display screen basically includes the display area of the present document, the sample display area, the cross-pronunciation table display area and the button graphic area, and the display area of the present document can display the English file input by the file input unit, and the sample display area can display at least one pronunciation. For example, the cross pronunciation table display area can display the cross pronunciation table.

The button icon area of the display screen includes at least a conversion button icon, a display example button icon, a display cross-pronunciation button icon, and a pronunciation button icon, which can provide a user to press and select, and then respectively generate a conversion signal and display example. A plurality of control signals for signals, cross-pronunciation signals, and pronunciation signals are provided to the control unit.

The cross pronunciation table includes a plurality of deformed letters and/or a plurality of Arabic numerals arranged in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of consonant letters arranged in a horizontal direction, wherein each of the deformed letters and each of the Arabic numerals has a corresponding English pronunciation.

The control unit converts the English file into a direct pronunciation file according to the conversion signal, and displays it in the display area of the text, wherein the direct pronunciation file contains the deformed letters and/or Arabic numerals of the cross pronunciation table, and the consonant letters. The control unit may also display the pronunciation example in the example display area according to the display example signal, and display the cross pronunciation table in the cross pronunciation table display area according to the display cross sounding table signal, and simultaneously start the pronunciation unit according to the pronunciation signal, for the pronunciation example. Pronunciation, for users to learn English pronunciation.

Preferably, the control unit is implemented by a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor (MCU).

The longitudinally arranged morphing letters in the cross-pronunciation table are arranged in order from top to bottom. , E , and the Arabic numerals may include 1 to 15 arranged in order from top to bottom, wherein , E separately issued KK phonetic / /, / /, and the corresponding KK phonetic symbols of Arabic numerals 1 to 15 are /e/, /i/, /a /, /o/, /u/, /æ/, /ε/, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, /a /, / /. Or, the cross pronunciation table contains the top-down order , E , a ¹ , e ² , i ³ , o ⁴ , u ⁵ , a ⁶ , e ⁷ , i ⁸ , o ⁹ , u ¹⁰ , a ¹¹ , er ¹² , oy ¹³ , ow ¹⁴ , u ¹⁵ , and respectively Send KK phonetic / /, / /, /e/, /i/, /a /, /o/, /u/, /æ/, /ε/, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, /a /, / /, and the horizontally arranged letters contain all consonants.

In addition, the use of deformed letters Expressing a light tone / / The letter A or a, and arranged in the top of the vertical direction, while the rest also sounds light / The letters of /, such as E, I, O, U, can also be achieved by marking the dot symbol at the bottom of the vowel. In addition, send another light short tone / / E or e is represented by the deformed letter E , and is arranged in the second position in the longitudinal direction, that is, the letter in the shape After that, while the rest are light The letters of /, such as A, I, Y, can also be achieved by marking the bottom line symbol _ at the bottom of the vowel. Therefore, the user can easily refer to it at any time and be familiar with the deformed letters. , E and the pronunciation of the Arabic numerals 1~15.

Since the English pronunciation auxiliary system of the present invention can display the cross pronunciation table to assist the user to learn the English pronunciation, the user can directly and correctly read the text of the directly pronounced file without having to memorize the English phonetic transcription mark, thereby improving the learning efficiency. And applicable to English learners of all ages and nationalities.

1‧‧‧English pronunciation auxiliary system

10‧‧‧File input unit

20‧‧‧Control unit

30‧‧‧Touch display unit

31‧‧‧Display screen

32‧‧‧This article shows the area

33‧‧‧example display area

34‧‧‧ cross pronunciation table display area

35‧‧‧ button icon area

40‧‧‧ pronunciation unit

F1‧‧‧ conversion button icon

F2‧‧‧Display example button icon

F3‧‧‧Show cross pronunciation table button icon

F4‧‧‧ pronunciation button icon

The first figure shows a schematic diagram of an English pronunciation assistance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The second figure is a schematic diagram of a display screen of the English pronunciation assistance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of a cross pronunciation table of the English pronunciation assistance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of another cross pronunciation table of the English pronunciation assistance system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth figure is an auxiliary letter row in the English pronunciation auxiliary system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Schematic diagram of the list.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings and the <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt;

Referring to the first figure, a schematic diagram of the English pronunciation assistance system of the present invention. As shown in the first figure, the English pronunciation assistance system 1 of the present invention includes a file input unit 10, a control unit 20, a touch display unit 30, and a sounding unit 40, which can assist the user in not needing to memorize the traditional English phonetic symbols. Can learn the correct English pronunciation with the reference cross pronunciation table.

Specifically, the user can input the English file of the electronic file by using the file input unit 10, and the touch display unit 30 has an image display function to display a display screen and generate a plurality of control signals, and the pronunciation unit 40 has a pronunciation function. At the same time, the control unit 20 receives the English file from the file input unit 10 and the control signals from the touch display unit 30, thereby controlling the display screen of the touch display unit 30 and the pronunciation function of the pronunciation unit 40.

As shown in the second figure, the display screen 31 of the touch display unit 30 can include a display area 32, an example display area 33, a cross-phone display area 34, and a button icon area 35, wherein the display area 32 can display file input. The English file input by the unit 10, and the example display area 33 can display at least one pronunciation example, and the cross pronunciation table display area 34 can display a cross pronunciation table. In addition, the button icon area 35 can include at least a conversion button icon F1, a display example button icon F2, a display cross-phone button icon F3, and a pronunciation button icon F4, which provide a user to press and select to generate a conversion signal, Display sample signals, display cross-pronunciation signals, and pronunciation signals.

The cross sounding table described above may include a plurality of deformed letters and/or a plurality of Arabic numerals arranged in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of subtone letters arranged in a horizontal direction, wherein each of the deformed letters and Each Arabic numeral has a corresponding English pronunciation.

More specifically, the control unit 20 converts the English file into a direct pronunciation file according to the conversion signal, and displays it in the display area 32 of the text to replace the original English file, wherein the direct pronunciation file includes the deformed letter of the cross pronunciation table and / or Arabic numerals, as well as consonant letters. Furthermore, the control unit 20 displays the pronunciation example in the example display area 33 according to the display example signal, displays the cross pronunciation table in the cross pronunciation table display area 34 according to the display cross pronunciation table signal, and starts the pronunciation unit 40 according to the pronunciation signal. Furthermore, the pronunciation is pronounced for the pronunciation example.

In order to clearly illustrate the features of the present invention, the KK phonetic symbol will be used to indicate the English pronunciation, but it should be noted that the English pronunciation of the present invention may also cover the DJ phonetic symbol (Wan Guoyin).

Control unit 20 can be a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor (MCU).

Referring to the third figure, the longitudinally arranged morphing letters in the cross-pronunciation table are arranged in order from top to bottom. , E , and the Arabic numerals may include 1 to 15 arranged in order from top to bottom, wherein , E separately issued KK phonetic / /, / /, and the corresponding KK phonetic symbols of Arabic numerals 1 to 15 are /e/, /i/, /a /, /o/, /u/, /æ/, /ε/, / /, /a/, / /, / /, / /, / /, /a /, / /.

In addition, referring to the fourth figure, another cross pronunciation table of the present invention includes sequentially arranged from top to bottom. , E , a ¹ , e ² , i ³ , o ⁴ , u ⁵ , a ⁶ , e ⁷ , i ⁸ , o ⁹ , u ¹⁰ , a ¹¹ , er ¹² , oy ¹³ , ow ¹⁴ , u ¹⁵ , and respectively Send KK phonetic / /, / /, /e/, /i/, /a /, /o/, /u/, /æ/, /ε/, / /, /a/, / /, / /, / /, / /, /a /, / /, and the horizontally arranged letters contain all consonants.

In order to help the user to clearly understand the arrangement of the letters in the cross-reading table of the third figure and the fourth figure, the fifth figure can be referred to at the same time.

In English, the letters of the vowel mainly contain a, e, i, o, u. In addition, r, y, and w, which are generally regarded as consonants, are used as vowels in some English words. Therefore, this The cross sounding table of the invention has the letters a, e, i, o, u, r, y, w arranged in the longitudinal direction, and the remaining letters arranged in the horizontal direction. In addition, the use of deformed letters Expressing a light tone / / The letter A or a, and arranged in the top of the vertical direction, while the rest also sounds light / The letters of /, such as E, I, O, U, can also be achieved by marking the dot symbol at the bottom of the vowel. In addition, send another light short tone / / E or e is represented by the deformed letter E, and is arranged in the second position in the longitudinal direction, that is, the letter in the shape After that, the rest sends another light tone / The letters of /, such as A, I, Y, can also be achieved by marking the bottom line symbol "_" at the bottom of the vowel. Therefore, the user can easily refer to it at any time and be familiar with the deformed letters. , E and the pronunciation of the Arabic numerals 1~15.

To indicate the unvoiced consonant letters in the original English file, it can be achieved in the converted direct pronunciation file by means of the underline symbol "_", such as bom b , kno w , si g n.

In addition, the cross pronunciation table also indicates the corresponding phonetic symbols, such as the KK phonetic symbols in the third and fourth figures. Of course, the present invention can indicate the corresponding DJ phonetic symbols.

The following example is the corresponding KK phonetic symbol after the Arabic numerals of letters 1-15: the pronunciation of a ¹ is /e/, for example, a ¹ of na ¹ me is hair /e/; the pronunciation of e ² is /i/, for example The e ² of pe ² ople is pronounced /i/; the pronunciation of i ³ is /a /, such as ni ³ ce i ³ is hair / a /; O ⁴ is pronounced / o /, such as co ⁴ ld to e ⁴ are sent / o /; u ⁵ is pronounced / u /, such as you u ^{5 5} is sent / u /; a ⁶ t pronunciation Is /æ/, for example, a ⁶ pple's a ⁶ is hair /æ/; e ⁷ s is pronounced /ε/, eg e ⁸ le ⁷ ven e ⁷ is hair / ε /; i ⁸ n is pronounced / /, such as pi ⁸ nk i ⁸ is hair / /;o ⁹ x is pronounced /a/, for example, bo ⁹ ther's o ⁹ is hair /a/; u ¹⁰ m is pronounced / /, such as u ¹⁰ p u ¹⁰ is hair / /;a ¹¹ ll pronunciation is / /, such as ba ¹¹ ld a ¹¹ is hair / /;her ¹² pronunciation is / /, for example, ter ¹² m er ¹² is hair / /;joy ¹³ pronunciation is / /, such as boy ¹³ oy ¹³ is hair / /;now ¹⁴ is pronounced /a /, such as wow ¹⁴ ow ¹⁴ is hair / a /; and the pronunciation of pu ¹⁵ t is / /, such as u ¹⁵ of bu ¹⁵ sh is hair / /.

In actual operation, the user who is not familiar with the English pronunciation or phonetic symbol can input the original English file first through the file input unit 10 of the English pronunciation assistance system 1. At this time, the text in the display screen 31 displayed by the touch display unit 30 is displayed. The display area 31 can directly display the original English file. Then, the conversion button icon F1 in the button icon area 35 is selected, and the English file is converted into a direct pronunciation file and displayed in the display area 31 of the present document. The cross-pronunciation button icon F3 can also be selected so that the cross-speaking table display area 34 can display the cross-sounding list of the present invention for reference and comparison. The user may first mark a specific text or sentence in the direct pronunciation file, and then select the display example button icon F2, and the sample display area 33 displays at least one example, such as other words similar to the specific text, or contains the specific An exemplary complete sentence pattern of the text, and if the pronunciation button icon F4 has been selected, the pronunciation unit 40 will directly pronounce the file according to the user. The pre-targeted part or the example display area 33 is pronounced to help the user learn the correct pronunciation effectively without having to remember the phonetic symbol corresponding to the text.

The above operating procedures and functions are all dominated and controlled by the control unit 20.

In summary, the main feature of the present invention is that the user does not need to memorize the English phonetic symbols, and only needs to refer to the letters indicated by the cross-pronunciation table, so that it is easy to correctly pronounce without the aid of the phonetic symbols, especially, Direct pronunciation of the document directly, thus improving the learning efficiency, suitable for English learners of any age and nationality, quite industrially useful.

The above is only a preferred embodiment for explaining the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and any modifications or alterations to the present invention made in the spirit of the same invention. All should still be included in the scope of the intention of the present invention.

1‧‧‧English pronunciation auxiliary system

10‧‧‧File input unit

20‧‧‧Control unit

30‧‧‧Touch display unit

40‧‧‧ pronunciation unit

Claims (5)

An English pronunciation auxiliary system for assisting a user to learn English pronunciation by borrowing a cross pronunciation table without memorizing English phonetic symbols, including: a file input unit for providing an English input of the user's input electronic file a touch display unit, which is configured to display a display screen and generate a plurality of control signals, and the display screen includes a button graphic area, a text display area, a sample display area, and a cross pronunciation The display area of the button, and the button icon area includes at least a conversion button icon, a display example button icon, a display cross-pronunciation button icon, and a pronunciation button icon, which are provided by the user to select and respectively Generating a conversion signal, a display example signal, a display cross-pronunciation signal, and a pronunciation signal included in the control signals; a sounding unit having a sounding function; and a control unit for receiving the input unit from the file English file and conversion signal from the touch display unit, display example signal, display cross sounding table signal and The sound signal is used to control the display screen of the touch display unit and the sounding function of the sounding unit, wherein the touch display unit displays the English file in the display area of the text, and the control unit converts the English image according to the conversion signal. The file is converted into a direct pronunciation file and displayed in the display area of the text, and the control unit displays an pronunciation example in the example display area according to the display example signal, and displays the cross pronunciation table on the cross pronunciation according to the display cross pronunciation table signal. a table display area, according to the pronunciation signal, the pronunciation unit is activated for the pronunciation example, the cross pronunciation table includes a plurality of deformation letters and/or a plurality of Arabic numerals arranged in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of consonant letters arranged in a horizontal direction, Each of the deformed letters and each of the Arabic numerals has a corresponding English pronunciation, the direct pronunciation file containing the deformed letters and/or Arabic numerals of the cross pronunciation table, and the consonant letters. According to the English pronunciation auxiliary system described in claim 1, wherein the control unit is A central processing unit or a microprocessor. The English pronunciation assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally arranged deformation letters in the cross pronunciation table are arranged in order from top to bottom. , E , a ¹ , e ² , i ³ , o ⁴ , u ⁵ , a ⁶ , e ⁷ , i ⁸ , o ⁹ , u ¹⁰ , a ¹¹ , er ¹² , oy ¹³ , ow ¹⁴ , u ¹⁵ , respectively KK phonetic / /, / /, /e/, /i/, /a /, /o/, /u/, /æ/, /ε/, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, /a /, / /. The English pronunciation assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally arranged deformation letters in the cross pronunciation table are arranged in order from top to bottom. , E , and the Arabic numeral contains 1 to 15 arranged in order from top to bottom, and , E separately issued KK phonetic / /, / /, and these Arabic numerals 1 to 15 respectively issue KK phonetic /e/, /i/, /a /, /o/, /u/, /æ/, /ε/, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, / /, /a /, / /. The English pronunciation assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the unvoiced consonant letters in the English document are obtained by using the underline symbol "_" in the converted direct pronunciation file.