SOUND-ENHANCED EBOOK WITH SOUND EVENTS TRIGGERED BY READER PROGRESS
First Claim
1. A sound-enhanced ebook, the sound being presentable to a reader of the ebook in accordance with the reader'"'"'s progress through the ebook, the sound-enhanced ebook comprising:
- text information; and
a plurality of sound events,each sound event being associated with particular text of the text information,each sound event being presentable in response to a reader'"'"'s progress through the text information.
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Abstract
A sound-enhanced ebook is disclosed, the sound being presented to a reader of the ebook in accordance with the reader'"'"'s progress through the ebook. The sound-enhanced ebook includes text information, and a plurality of sound events, each sound event being played in response to a reader'"'"'s progress through particular text information associated with the sound event. Also disclosed is an ebook presenter for presenting text and coordinated sound events of a sound-enhanced ebook to a reader, the sound events being presented as the reader progresses through particular text of the ebook. The ebook presenter includes a text presentation module, a reader progress module, and a sound event presentation module, each sound event being associated with particular text information of the ebook, and each sound event being presentable in response to the reader'"'"'s progress through the text information of the ebook as estimated by the reader progress module.
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1. A sound-enhanced ebook, the sound being presentable to a reader of the ebook in accordance with the reader'"'"'s progress through the ebook, the sound-enhanced ebook comprising:
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text information; and a plurality of sound events, each sound event being associated with particular text of the text information, each sound event being presentable in response to a reader'"'"'s progress through the text information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An ebook presenter for presenting content of an ebook to a reader along with coordinated sound events, the sound events being presented as the reader progresses through the ebook, the ebook presentation device comprising:
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a text presenter module capable of presenting at least text information of an ebook via a display; a reader progress module capable of determining at least an estimate of the reader'"'"'s progress through the text information of the ebook; and a sound presentation module capable of playing sound events via a sound generator, each sound event being associated with particular text information of the ebook, each sound event being presentable in response to the reader'"'"'s progress through the text information of the ebook as at least estimated by the reader progress module. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An ebook presentation device for presenting content of an ebook to a reader along with coordinated sound events, the sound events being presented as the reader progresses through the ebook, the ebook presentation device comprising:
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a text presenter module capable of presenting text information of an ebook to a reader by streaming the ebook content via a text streaming window; and a sound presentation module capable of playing sound events, each sound event being associated with particular text of the text information of the ebook, each sound event starting to play while inside the text streaming window. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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