Method and apparatus for electronic books with enhanced educational features
First Claim
1. A method of visually correlating text and speech, comprising:
- receiving a source file;
generating, based on the source file, a page display image including a series of text segments, the generating including rendering the series of text segments with a first set of display characteristics;
receiving an input signal representing an utterance;
processing the received input signal to determine whether at least a portion of a text segment included within the generated page display image has been uttered;
identifying the text segment determined to have been at least partially uttered;
rendering the identified text segment with a second set of display characteristics; and
enabling the generated page display image to be visually represented on an output device;
wherein the identified text segment is rendered with the second set of display characteristics substantially simultaneously upon receiving the input signal.
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Abstract
A method of visually correlating text and speech includes receiving a source file; generating, based on the source file, a page display image including a series of text segments, the generating including rendering the series of text segments with a first set of display characteristics; receiving an input signal representing an utterance; processing the received input signal to determine whether at least a portion of a text segment included within the generated page display image has been uttered; identifying the text segment determined to have been at least partially uttered; rendering the identified text segment with a second set of display characteristics; and enabling the generated page display image to be visually represented on an output device, wherein the identified text segment is rendered with the second set of display characteristics substantially simultaneously upon receiving the input signal.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of visually correlating text and speech, comprising:
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receiving a source file;
generating, based on the source file, a page display image including a series of text segments, the generating including rendering the series of text segments with a first set of display characteristics;
receiving an input signal representing an utterance;
processing the received input signal to determine whether at least a portion of a text segment included within the generated page display image has been uttered;
identifying the text segment determined to have been at least partially uttered;
rendering the identified text segment with a second set of display characteristics; and
enabling the generated page display image to be visually represented on an output device;
wherein the identified text segment is rendered with the second set of display characteristics substantially simultaneously upon receiving the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for visually correlating text and speech, comprising:
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a storage medium adapted to store a source file;
a text rendering engine adapted to generate a page display image based on the source file, the page display image including a series of text segments rendered with a first set of display characteristics;
an input port adapted to receive an input signal representing an utterance;
speech recognition circuitry adapted to process the received input signal, determine whether at least a portion of a text segment included within the generated page display image has been uttered, and to output data to the text rendering engine, the output data identifying the text segment determined to have been at least partially uttered; and
an output port adapted to transmit the generated page display image to an output device, wherein the text rendering engine is further adapted to render text segments identified by the speech recognition circuitry with a second set of display characteristics substantially simultaneously upon receiving the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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