Estimated reading times
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorBrian Scott Stucker
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Abstract
Reading time indicators for display within a content authoring application are provided herein. Estimates of reading times for the content item as a whole, and of sections thereof, are created as the author manipulates content within a document. These estimates are displayed as indicators within the content authoring application and the document, to inform the author of how long a reader is expected to take when consuming the document. The functionality of the computing device running the content authoring application is thus improved by providing content limit indicators related to consumption time.
Claims21
A method for representing consumption requirements in an authoring application, comprising:
- receiving content from a document created by the authoring application while the content of the document is being added or deleted within the authoring application;
- identifying timing preferences;
- identifying a metric from which to determine a reading time of the content, the identified metric being selected from:
- a plurality of reading style metrics;
- or
- a plurality of writing style metrics;
- wherein a baseline time to process a syllable within the content changes according to the identified metric;
- determining a non-spoken reading time of the content based on the timing preferences and the identified metric;
- and
- displaying a total consumption time indicator in the authoring application based on the non-spoken reading time of the content.
A system for representing consumption requirements in an authoring application, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including instructions, that when executed by the processor are operable to:
- accept content from a document created by an authoring application while content of the document is being added or deleted within the authoring application,
- identify reading preferences from a preferences store;
- identify a metric from which to determine a non-spoken reading consumption time of the content from a metrics store, the identified metric being user-selected from:
- a plurality of reading style metrics;
- or
- a plurality of writing style metrics;
- wherein including a baseline time to process a syllable within the content changes according to the identified metric;
- determining the non-spoken reading consumption time of the content, while the content of the document is being added or deleted, based on the reading preferences and the identified metric;
- and
- generating and displaying a non-spoken reading consumption time indicator in the authoring application in association with the determined non-spoken reading consumption time of the content;
- and
- wherein the reading preferences specify a time division at which to produce a divisional time indicator according to the determined non-spoken reading consumption time of the content.
An article of manufacture in the form of a computer readable storage device including processor executable instructions for representing consumption requirements in an authoring application, comprising:
- receiving content from a document created by the authoring application while content of the document is being added or deleted within the authoring application;
- identifying timing preferences, including a time division;
- identifying a metric from which to determine a non-spoken reading time of the content, the identified metric being selected from:
- a plurality of reading style metrics;
- or
- a plurality of writing style metrics;
- wherein a baseline time to process a syllable within the content changes according to the identified metric;
- determining the non-spoken reading time of the content based on the identified metric and the timing preferences, while the content of the document is being added or deleted;
- and
- providing divisional time indicators in the authoring application based on the non-spoken reading time of the content and the time division.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.