Julie J Masterson

US Patent:

6732076, May 4, 2004

Filed:

Jan 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/769776

Inventors:

Julie Masterson - Springfield MO
Barbara Bernhardt - Vancouver, CA

Assignee:

Harcourt Assessment, Inc. - San Antonio TX

International Classification:

G10L 1506

US Classification:

704254, 704271, 704276, 434185, 434167

Abstract:

A system and method for analyzing a speech problem includes the steps of presenting to a student/user a symbol representative of a word and prompting the user to pronounce the word represented by the symbol into a microphone in signal communication with a processor. Next the therapist enters a phonetic representation of the user pronunciation into the processor. It is then automatically determined whether an error exists in the user pronunciation. If an error exists, the error is automatically categorized. The system and method may be adapted for presentation of a single word, a plurality of words having a predetermined feature desired to be tested, a pretest for screening for potential articulation disorders, and an analysis of connected speech with the use of a moving picture to elicit a narrative from the student.

US Patent:

6676412, Jan 13, 2004

Filed:

Oct 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/684570

Inventors:

Julie J. Masterson - Springfield MO
Kenn Apel - Bellingham WA
Jan Wasowicz - Evanston IL

Assignee:

Learning by Design, Inc. - Evanston IL

International Classification:

G09B 1100

US Classification:

434169, 434307 R, 704 1

Abstract:

A method of spelling assessment includes identifying misspelled words; describing error patterns; analyzing, for a given spelling error, whether the target word is a base word or is derived or inflected; and assessing the students phonological awareness, visual orthographic memory, orthographic knowledge, and morphological awareness skills based thereon. An embodiment of the method comprises aligning the students misspelling with the corresponding letters in the correctly spelled target word. An apparatus implements the method.