Speed Reading and Reading Comprehension Systems for Electronic Devices
First Claim
1. A method for providing speed reading or reading comprehension capabilities on an electronic device for one or more users, the method comprising:
- accessing reading material comprising text on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display;
accessing a graphical user interface to present the reading material;
determining a number of lines of text to present within a windowed area within the graphical user interface; and
presenting the reading material in the graphical user interface on the display of the electronic device,wherein;
an area in the graphical user interface that is located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured,the text of the reading material is presented both within the windowed area and outside of the windowed area, andthe text within the area located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured.
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Abstract
Speed reading and reading comprehension capabilities are provided on an electronic device for one or more users. A method involves accessing reading material including text on the electronic device, accessing a graphical user interface to present the reading material, determining a number of lines of text to present within a windowed area within the graphical user interface, and presenting the reading material in the graphical user interface. An area in the graphical user interface that is located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured, and the text is presented both within the windowed area and outside of the windowed area. Statistics can be presented for at least assessing a reading rate of the user, comparing two or more reading rates of the user over different time intervals, or comparing a reading rate of the user with a reading rate of another user.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for providing speed reading or reading comprehension capabilities on an electronic device for one or more users, the method comprising:
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accessing reading material comprising text on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display; accessing a graphical user interface to present the reading material; determining a number of lines of text to present within a windowed area within the graphical user interface; and presenting the reading material in the graphical user interface on the display of the electronic device, wherein; an area in the graphical user interface that is located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured, the text of the reading material is presented both within the windowed area and outside of the windowed area, and the text within the area located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause a machine to perform operations for providing speed reading or reading comprehension capabilities on the machine for one or more users, the article having the instructions comprising:
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accessing reading material comprising text on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display; accessing a graphical user interface to present the reading material; determining a number of lines of text to present within a windowed area within the graphical user interface; and presenting the reading material in the graphical user interface on the display of the electronic device, an area in the graphical user interface that is located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured, the text of the reading material is presented both within the windowed area and outside of the windowed area, and the text within the area located outside of the windowed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for providing speed reading functionality on an electronic device for one or more users, the method comprising:
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loading reading material on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display configured to present the reading material in a graphical user interface, wherein the reading material comprises multiple lines of text; scrolling the one or more lines of text of the reading material in a direction in the graphical user interface; determining a number of words that are scrolled in the graphical user interface in a time interval; using the determined number of words scrolled in a time interval to determine a reading rate for a reader of the reading material; presenting the reading rate for the reader in the graphical user interface; presenting one to five lines of the text in a windowed area within the graphical user interface; and shading, tinting, deemphasizing or at least partially obscuring the text that is not within the windowed area such that the text within the windowed area is more predominately displayed in the graphical user interface than the text outside of the windowed area. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for providing speed reading or reading comprehension capabilities on an electronic device for one or more users, the method comprising:
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accessing reading material comprising text on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display; accessing a graphical user interface to present the reading material; determining a number of words per line of text to present within a windowed area within the graphical user interface; determining a number of lines of text to present within the windowed area within the graphical user interface; and presenting the reading material in the graphical user interface on the display of the electronic device, wherein; the windowed area is located within a framed area within the graphical user interface, an area in the graphical user interface that is located outside of the windowed area and within the framed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured, the text of the reading material is presented within the framed area, the text of the reading material is presented within the windowed area and outside of the windowed area within the framed area, and the text within the area located outside of the windowed area and within the framed area is grayed, shaded or partially obscured. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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