Abstract: A real time conversational verbal interactive toy apparatus capable of providing a conversational type response to an interrogatory message from a removably insertable magnetic storage medium which comprises a plurality of coextensive multipurpose audio tracks contained in a housing includes a multipurpose selection apparatus for directly selecting one of the tracks for reproducing the selected information stored thereon, such as a multiple choice response to the interrogatory message, an insertion security apparatus operatively associated with a receptacle therein for providing an insertion condition for the inserted received magnetic storage medium housing with respect to the receptacle, the storage medium housing having a playback authorization code disposed thereon, the insertion security apparatus comprising elements responsive to this code for providing the insertion condition therefrom, and a condition responsive network operatively associated with the insertion security apparatus for controllably enab

Abstract: A real time conversational verbal interactive toy apparatus capable of providing a conversational type playback response to an interrogatory message from a removably insertable magnetic storage medium which comprises a plurality of coextensive multipurpose audio tracks contained in a housing includes parallel connected switch banks for directly selecting one of the tracks for reproducing the selected information stored thereon, such as a particular category, which may vary, of multiple choice response to the interrogatory message with the particular category of response being contained in the interrogatory message. Additional descriptive information on the answered interrogatory message may simultaneously be provided by selection of one track while the other selected tracks are capable of providing responsive messages to the next interrogatory message, with all of the tracks being spatially related in time along the length thereof.

Abstract: A real time conversational student response teaching apparatus comprising a magnetic storage medium, such as a tape, having a plurality of audio tracks having audio information stored thereon for selective playback therefrom. The storage medium contains information stored on each track in a plurality of reproducible information segments, each of which comprises a complete message which is reproducible directly in response to the selection of the track upon which the segments are stored. One of the tracks, preferably a centrally located track having a greater track width than the others, contains interrogatory messages and associated multiple choice selectible responses to a particular interrogatory message while a plurality of the other tracks contain responsive messages related in real time and content to the interrogatory messages in a conversational real time environment.