摘要 |
A method and associated apparatus for indicating the voice of each talker fr om a plurality of talkers to be heard by a listener. A talker indicator (Fig. 2 , 32) is provided proximate to the listener. Talker identification information is generated in the talker indicator that can be used to indicate the identi ty of each talker who is speaking at any given time to the listener. A device (Fig. 1, 23) is coupled to the talker indicator that can transmit the voice signal from each talker to the listener. In different aspects, the talker identification information can include such varied indicators as audio, vide o, or an announcement combined with a temporally compressed voice signal. In another aspect, an emotographic figure is displayed to the listener that eac h represent a distinct talker (Fig. 12). The mood of each emotographic is somehow configured to reflect the mode of the talker, as indicated by the talker's voice (Fig. 14).
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