Abstract: A method for closing a stuffed toy having an opening for receiving filling material includes a tubular lining extending inwardly of the opening for receiving an insertion tube of a filing device providing stuffing material into the toy. The tubular lining is turned outwardly of the toy and encircled with a loop fastener that is then tighten about the tubular lining. Any excess material is cut from the loop fastener and the cut edges heated and abraded to smooth out any rough edges. The tubular lining may then be inserted into the toy and the opening closed by a slide fastener or flaps secured with Velcro® type material.

Abstract: A voice activated echo generator employs digital voice recording technology to digitize several spoken words of audio using low-cost encoding techniques. The audio information is stored in dynamic memory and is played back by reconverting the data back from its digitized form to audio, which then drives a loudspeaker. The echo generator has many design parameters which can be varied, such as, duration of recorded speech, voice actuation sensitivity, number of playback repetitions, speech quality, playback speed, playback pitch, and playback volume. For a toy, an input speech threshold initiates a distinct record interval followed by a substantially immediate and automatic playback interval during which the echo is generated without the problem of acoustic feedback.