READING DEVICE WITH HIERARCHAL NAVIGATION
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an acquisition device to acquire a digitization of at least a portion of a document; and
at least one processor to characterize blocks of text from the document into different hierarchal levels based at least on relative format attributes and to provide to a user an option to navigate the text blocks, as they are read to the user, based on the hierarchal levels.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, disclosed is reading device that comprises a camera, at least one processor, and a user interface. The camera scans at least a portion of a document having text to generate a raster file. The processor processes the raster file to identify text blocks. The user interface allows a user to hierarchically navigate the text blocks when they are read to the user.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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an acquisition device to acquire a digitization of at least a portion of a document; and at least one processor to characterize blocks of text from the document into different hierarchal levels based at least on relative format attributes and to provide to a user an option to navigate the text blocks, as they are read to the user, based on the hierarchal levels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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in a portable reading device, scanning at least a portion of a document having text to generate a raster file; processing the raster file to delineate text blocks; and providing to a user an interface allowing the user to hierarchically navigate the text blocks as they are read to the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A reading device, comprising:
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a camera to scan at least a portion of a document having text to generate a raster file; at least one processor to process the raster file to identify text blocks; and a user interface to allow a user to hierarchically navigate the text blocks when read to the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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