System and method for displaying text
First Claim
1. A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
- providing a text, said text having a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences comprised of a plurality of words;
determining a word cluster size based on a reading level complexity, said word cluster size defining a word cluster having a plurality of lines with a plurality of the lines each having a plurality of words;
arranging said text into a plurality of separated and centered word clusters based on said determined word cluster size having (a) adjacent lines of each word cluster vertically spaced apart by a cluster line spacing that is substantially the same, (b) each pair of consecutive centered word clusters vertically aligned and spaced apart by a cluster spacing that is greater than said line spacing, and (c) each word of each one of said word clusters presented in a typeface having a serif with at least one word in the last line of at least one word cluster having a serif larger in size than a remainder of said words of said at least one word cluster; and
displaying said plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium.
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Abstract
A method for displaying text arranged into word clusters on an electronic display including the steps of providing a text, arranging the text into a plurality of word clusters, where a plurality of clusters includes at least two lines and each line includes at least two words, and where at least one word can be emphasized. The provided text has a plurality of paragraphs with a plurality of sentences arranged into clusters each limited to a thought group based on a word or a plurality of words linked by commonality having an end defined by a text element. Cluster size can be constrained by an estimate of reader apprehension span and/or a readability analysis of the provided text based on word complexity which can take into account reader comprehension. An automated program configured to identify thought groups using such linguistic criteria can be employed to carry out the method.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
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providing a text, said text having a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences comprised of a plurality of words; determining a word cluster size based on a reading level complexity, said word cluster size defining a word cluster having a plurality of lines with a plurality of the lines each having a plurality of words; arranging said text into a plurality of separated and centered word clusters based on said determined word cluster size having (a) adjacent lines of each word cluster vertically spaced apart by a cluster line spacing that is substantially the same, (b) each pair of consecutive centered word clusters vertically aligned and spaced apart by a cluster spacing that is greater than said line spacing, and (c) each word of each one of said word clusters presented in a typeface having a serif with at least one word in the last line of at least one word cluster having a serif larger in size than a remainder of said words of said at least one word cluster; and displaying said plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
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providing a text comprised of a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences with each sentence having a plurality of words; arranging said text into a plurality of vertically centered and vertically aligned word clusters having a vertical cluster spacing between consecutive word clusters, each word cluster having a plurality of horizontally extending lines having a vertical line spacing between consecutive lines smaller than said vertical cluster spacing with each line having one or more words, and wherein each word cluster is formed of a thought group defined by a plurality of words linked by a commonality and constrained by an estimate of reader apprehension span, and wherein at least one word in the last line of at least one word cluster has a serif larger than a remainder of said words of said at least one word cluster; and displaying said plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
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providing a text comprised of a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences with each sentence having a plurality of words; arranging said text into an plurality of vertically centered and vertically aligned word clusters having a vertical cluster spacing between consecutive word clusters, each word cluster having a plurality of horizontally extending lines having a vertical line spacing between consecutive lines smaller than said vertical cluster spacing with each line having a plurality of words, and wherein each word cluster is formed of a thought group defined by a plurality of words linked by a commonality and constrained by one of an estimate of reader apprehension span and a predetermined cluster line length and cluster line number limit with each pair of adjacent word clusters separated by a vertical space larger than the vertical space between adjacent lines of said adjacent word clusters, and wherein each word of each one of said word clusters is presented in a typeface having a serif with at least one of said words in the last line of at least one of said word clusters having a serif larger than a remainder of said words of said at least one word cluster; and displaying said plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium.
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