This has to be intended for export.

My observation (limited) in Nagoya a few years back was that the Japanese took great pride in their Karaoke performances. Without exception, the "performers" I heard there were good enough to ignore this technology. I had they impression they would be brutally honest with one of their own who didn't "measure up."

On the other hand, a couple of "drunken ugly Americans" in my own party were something of an embarrassment (to me, at least). Our "hosts" were quit gracious, although they seemed to "duck under the table" at frequent intervals when they couldn't otherwise surpress their feelings.

In the local Karaoke market (in my US neighborhood) this should be a real winner, although much of the popular music doesn't seem to demand much in the way of pitch accuracy.

John