PROVIDING AN UNINTERRUPTED READING EXPERIENCE

• US 20130323690A1
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Visweswariah, Karthik, Gandhe, Ankur, Gangadharaiah, Rashmi, Ramanathan, Ananthakrishnan
• Application Number:
  US13/900,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20130323690A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/167
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/00 Teaching reading teaching lip-reading G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

An uninterrupted reading experience can be provided by calculating a vocabulary level for a user in a first language and comparing difficulty levels of words within a document in the first language to the vocabulary level of the user in the first language. Each word of the document having a difficulty level that exceeds the vocabulary level of the user in the first language can be selected.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

calculating a vocabulary level for a user in a first language;

comparing, using a processor, difficulty levels of words within a document in the first language to the vocabulary level of the user in the first language; and

selecting each word of the document having a difficulty level that exceeds the vocabulary level of the user in the first language.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

visually distinguishing each selected word from non-selected words while displaying the document.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a paraphrased version of a selected word, wherein the paraphrased version is in the first language and has a difficulty level not exceeding the vocabulary level of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user has a vocabulary level in a second language that is different from the first language, the method further comprising:

displaying a paraphrased version of a selected word, wherein the paraphrased version is in the second language and has a difficulty level in the second language not exceeding the vocabulary level of the user in the second language.

5. A method, comprising:

calculating a vocabulary level for a first user in a first language;

determining a difficulty level for each of a plurality of words within a document in the first language;

comparing, using a processor, the difficulty level of words in the document to the vocabulary level of the first user; and

selecting each word having a difficulty level that exceeds the vocabulary level of the first user for the first language.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

visually distinguishing each selected word from non-selected words while displaying the document.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a paraphrased version of a selected word, wherein the paraphrased version is in the first language and has a difficulty level not exceeding the vocabulary level of the first user.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the first user has a vocabulary level for a second and different language, the method further comprising:

displaying a paraphrased version of a selected word, wherein the paraphrased version is in the second language and has a difficulty level in the second language not exceeding the vocabulary level of the user in the second language.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

computing the vocabulary level of the first user according to a difficulty level for words within a writing history of the first user.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

computing the vocabulary level of the first user according to a difficulty level for words within a reading history for the first user.

11. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

computing the vocabulary level of the first user according to a difficulty level for words within documents of at least a second user having attributes matching attributes of the first user.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

computing the vocabulary level of the first user according to a global vocabulary level of the first language.

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