Appeal No. 96-2864
Application 08/048,503
including at least recording of the second audio signal and
reproducing of at least one of the first and second audio
signals. Independent claim 8 recites a voice recording and
reproducing apparatus comprising, inter alia, input means for
receiving a skip indication signal and control means for
controlling the recording and reproducing means in response to
the skip indication signal so as to alter by a predetermined
interval a position on the disk-shaped recording medium from
which the recorded audio signal is reproduced. It is not
apparent, nor has the examiner specifically pointed out, where
each of these recited elements is disclosed by Willetts.
Arguably, if a series of individual commands were inputted
in the proper sequence via the keyboard input device 54, the
Willetts system in its AudioLab configuration could (1) reproduce
a predetermined length of a recorded audio signal representing a
terminating portion of a sentence, or (2) reproduce a repetitive
sequence of the reproducing of a first audio signal and the
recording and reproducing of a second audio signal by the
recording and reproducing means with each repetition of the
repetitive sequence including at least recording of the second
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