Method and device for audibly instructing a user to interact with a function
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1. A method for audibly instructing a user to interact with a function, said method comprising:
- associating a function with a user-written selectable item;
at a pen computer, recognizing said user-written selectable item on a surface, subsequent to writing said user-written selectable item, by determining that said pen computer is disposed on said user-written selectable item; and
in response to said recognizing said user-written selectable item, audibly rendering a first instructional message related to the operation of said function without requiring further interaction from said user,wherein said audibly rendering said first instructional message is performed by an audio output device of said pen computer.
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Abstract
A method for audibly instructing a user to interact with a function. A function is associated with a user-written selectable item. The user-written selectable item is recognized on a surface. In response to recognizing the user-written selectable item, a first instructional message related to the operation of the function is audibly rendered without requiring further interaction from the user.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for audibly instructing a user to interact with a function, said method comprising:
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associating a function with a user-written selectable item; at a pen computer, recognizing said user-written selectable item on a surface, subsequent to writing said user-written selectable item, by determining that said pen computer is disposed on said user-written selectable item; and in response to said recognizing said user-written selectable item, audibly rendering a first instructional message related to the operation of said function without requiring further interaction from said user, wherein said audibly rendering said first instructional message is performed by an audio output device of said pen computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for audibly instructing a user to interact with a function, said method comprising:
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associating a function with a user-written selectable item; at a pen computer, recognizing said user-written selectable item on a surface; and in response to said recognizing said user-written selectable item, audibly rendering a first instructional message related to the operation of said function without requiring further interaction from said user, wherein said audibly rendering said first instructional message is performed by an audio output device of said pen computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An interactive device comprising:
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a bus; an audio output device coupled to said bus; a writing element for allowing a user to write on a writable surface; an optical detector coupled to said bus for detecting positions of said writing element with respect to said writable surface; a processor coupled to said bus; and a memory unit coupled to said bus, said memory storing instructions that when executed cause said processor to implement a method for audibly instructing a user to interact with a function, said method comprising; associating a function with a user-written selectable item; recognizing said user-written selectable item on said writable surface; and in response to said recognizing said user-written selectable item, audibly rendering a first instructional message related to the operation of said function without requiring further interaction from said user, wherein said first instructional message directs said user to draw at least one user interface element that enables said user to interface with said function; determining whether said user interface element has been properly drawn on said surface; provided said user interface element has not been properly drawn on said surface, audibly rendering a second instructional message comprising a hint about a manner in which said user should properly draw said user interface element; and provided said user interface element has been properly drawn, executing said function. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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