MOBILE COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING USER WORKLOAD IN RELATION TO OPERATION OF A MOBILE COMPUTING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A mobile computing apparatus, comprising:
- a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, an operational environment, the operational environment supporting receipt of textual content;
a workload estimator arranged to estimate a cognitive workload for a user; and
a text-to-speech engine;
wherein the text-to-speech engine is arranged to translate at least part of the received textual content to a signal reproducible as audible speech in accordance with a predetermined relationship between the amount of the textual content to be translated and a cognitive workload level in a range of cognitive workload levels, the range of cognitive workload levels comprising at least one cognitive workload level between end values.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A mobile computing apparatus comprises a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, an operational environment, the operational environment supporting receipt of textual content, a workload estimator arranged to estimate a cognitive workload for a user, and a text-to-speech engine. The text-to-speech engine is arranged to translate at least part of the received textual content to a signal reproducible as audible speech in accordance with a predetermined relationship between the amount of the textual content to be translated and a cognitive workload level in a range of cognitive workload levels, the range of cognitive workload levels comprising at least one cognitive workload level between end values.
34 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A mobile computing apparatus, comprising:
-
a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, an operational environment, the operational environment supporting receipt of textual content; a workload estimator arranged to estimate a cognitive workload for a user; and a text-to-speech engine; wherein the text-to-speech engine is arranged to translate at least part of the received textual content to a signal reproducible as audible speech in accordance with a predetermined relationship between the amount of the textual content to be translated and a cognitive workload level in a range of cognitive workload levels, the range of cognitive workload levels comprising at least one cognitive workload level between end values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A method of reducing user workload in relation to operation of a mobile computing apparatus that supports receipt of textual content, the method comprising:
-
estimating a cognitive workload of a user; translating at least part of the received textual content to a signal reproducible as audible speech in accordance with a predetermined relationship between the amount of the textual content to be translated and a cognitive workload level in a range of cognitive workload levels, the range of cognitive workload levels comprising at least one cognitive workload level between end values. - View Dependent Claims (19)
-
Specification