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Interactive multimedia book

  • US 6,728,681 B2
  • Filed: 01/05/2001
  • Issued: 04/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of presenting an interactive multimedia book on a computer system comprising the steps of:

  • recognizing voiced commands spoken by a user of the book;

    responding to a voiced command to read text on a displayed page of the book by processing text on the displayed page of the book and synthesizing an audible output corresponding to the processed text;

    identifying words which are active hyperlinks in the text on a displayed page of the book as the text is being read;

    activating at least one attribute of a word identified as an active hyperlink to indicate to the user of the book that the word is a hyperlink;

    recognizing a voiced word spoken by the user of the book as an active hyperlink; and

    responding to a voiced word which is an active hyperlink by moving to another page of the book which contains an anchor for the hyperlink.

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