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Document mode processing for portable reading machine enabling document navigation

US9236043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2005
Grant dateJan 12, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/54
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Controlling a reading machine while reading a document to a user by receiving an image of a document, accessing a knowledge base that provides data that identifies sections in the document and processing user commands to select a section of the document. The reading machine applies text-to-speech to a text file that corresponds to the selected section of the document, to read the selected section of the document aloud to the user.

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