10. A speech encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said transmission means comprises machine readable optical bar codes.
1. A speech encoding apparatus comprising: input means for receiving speech including one or more words of human language; analysis means connected to said input means for analyzing said received speech, generating a sequence of phonological linguistic unit indicia corresponding to said received speech, grouping said phonological linguistic unit indicia into syllables, and generating pitch track data corresponding to said received speech: pitch pattern memory means storing a plurality of predetermined pitch patterns; pitch pattern recognizer means connected to said analysis means and to said pitch pattern memory means for selecting a pitch pattern from said plurality of predetermined pitch patterns for each syllable grouping of phonological linguistic unit indicia as generated by said analysis means, said pitch pattern being selected in dependence upon said pitch track data corresponding to each syllable grouping of phonological linguistic unit indicia; and transmission means connected to said analysis means and said pitch pattern recognizer means for transmitting said phonological linguistic unit indicia and pitch pattern indicia corresponding to said selected pitch patterns.