Audio Playback Selection Using Printed Coded Data

Abstract

An interactive apparatus is disclosed. The interactive apparatus has an audio recording mode and an audio playback mode. Further, the interactive apparatus includes a writing tool for manually writing on an encoded writing medium, an audio input device for recording audio, an audio output device for playing the recorded audio. Moreover, the interactive apparatus has an optical unit for reading coded data on the encoded writing medium and for determining a position on the encoded writing medium of the writing tool. Activation of the audio recording mode enables synchronous creation of writing on said encoded writing medium and recording of audio, and recognition of a playback-enabling graphical element on the encoded writing medium activates the audio playback mode and enables playback of the recorded audio.

1 . An audio playback apparatus comprising:
 an optical unit for sensing coded data encoded on a medium, the coded data being printed as a plurality of tags on the medium, each tag identifying the medium and a position of the tag on the medium;   a processor for determining from the coded data, an identity of the medium and the position on the medium of the tag sensed by said optical unit;   means for retrieving audio data associated with the identity of the medium and the position of the optical unit on the medium; and   an audio output device for playing the audio data.   
   
   
       2 . The audio playback apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a memory unit for storing the audio data. 
   
   
       3 . The audio playback apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a communication device for transmitting the identity of the medium and the position on the medium of the tag sensed by said optical unit to a remote storage location and retrieving the audio data from the remote storage location. 
   
   
       4 . The audio playback apparatus as claimed in  claim 3  wherein said communication device comprises a wireless communication device.