Method for live remote narration of a digital book
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1. A method for narrating a digital book, comprising:
- displaying the digital book to an end-user via a display portion of a first user device;
during displaying of the digital book, receiving end-user soundtrack data via an audio input portion of the first user device, the end-user soundtrack data based on spoken narration of the digital book by the end-user;
streaming the end-user soundtrack data from the first user device to a second user device via a communication network disposed therebetween; and
,providing via the second user device the digital book in narrated form, comprising simultaneously displaying the digital book via the display portion of the second user device and providing in audible form the streamed end-user soundtrack data via an audio output portion of the second user device.
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Abstract
A method for narrating a digital book includes retrievably storing first data relating to narration of the digital book by a first end-user. The first data is then provided to a user device having stored thereon the digital book. Subsequently, the digital book is presented in narrated form to a second end-user via the user device. In particular, the digital book is displayed via a display portion of the user device while simultaneously providing in audible form the first data via an audio output portion of the user device.
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1. A method for narrating a digital book, comprising:
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displaying the digital book to an end-user via a display portion of a first user device; during displaying of the digital book, receiving end-user soundtrack data via an audio input portion of the first user device, the end-user soundtrack data based on spoken narration of the digital book by the end-user; streaming the end-user soundtrack data from the first user device to a second user device via a communication network disposed therebetween; and
,providing via the second user device the digital book in narrated form, comprising simultaneously displaying the digital book via the display portion of the second user device and providing in audible form the streamed end-user soundtrack data via an audio output portion of the second user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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providing a first user device at a first location; providing a second user device comprising at least a speaker at a second other location; providing a communication signal from one of the first user device and the second user device to the other of the first user device and the second user device via a wide area network, the communication signal for initiating a communication session between the first user device and the second user device; starting the communication session on the first user device; starting the communication session on the second user device; displaying, within the communication session, a digital book on the first user device and displaying, within the communication session, the digital book on the second user device; controlling the displaying of the digital book, to approximately synchronize within the communication session the displaying of the digital book on each of the first user device and the second user device; sampling audio information using the first user device, to provide audio data relating to the digital book; transmitting the audio data via the network from the first user device to the second user device; and
,playing the audio data in human intelligible form via on the at least a speaker of the second user device, within the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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