1. A talking electronic apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital speech data and digital control data from which a plurality of requests in synthesized human speech for respective operator responses and appropriate operator responses corresponding to said plurality of requests may be respectively derived, speech synthesizer means operably associated with said memory means for converting said digital speech data into audible human speech, means for randomly accessing a portion of said digital speech data stored in said memory means from which a request for an operator response may be derived, means for transferring said randomly accessed portion of said digital speech data from said memory means to said speech synthesizer means to produce a randomly selected audible request in human speech, operator input means for receiving an operator response to said randomly selected audible request, and means responsive to said digital control data and said operator response to said randomly selected audible request for responding in a manner producing an output indicative of the appropriateness of said operator response with respect to the appropriate operator response corresponding to said randomly selected audible request.
1. A talking electronic apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital speech data and digital control data from which a plurality of requests in synthesized human speech for respective operator responses and appropriate operator responses corresponding to said plurality of requests may be respectively derived, speech synthesizer means operably associated with said memory means for converting said digital speech data into audible human speech, means for randomly accessing a portion of said digital speech data stored in said memory means from which a request for an operator response may be derived, means for transferring said randomly accessed portion of said digital speech data from said memory means to said speech synthesizer means to produce a randomly selected audible request in human speech, operator input means for receiving an operator response to said randomly selected audible request, and means responsive to said digital control data and said operator response to said randomly selected audible request for responding in a manner producing an output indicative of the appropriateness of said operator response with respect to the appropriate operator response corresponding to said randomly selected audible request. 8. A talking electronic apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means responsive to said digital control data and said operator response is effective to initiate a second selected audible request in human speech via said speech synthesizer means if said operator response to the first selected audible request conforms to the appropriate operator response corresponding thereto.