US 2018/0121053 A1 · Textual Content Speed Player

Abstract

A computer program that requires nothing more of a user than to read their choice of textual content in an animated format to increase reading speed via reconditioned reading behavior. The computer program: highlights a word on a page and puts a copy of the word in the center of the page so a reader can fix their eyes on the center of the page and still satisfy the common scanning strategy of repositioning the eyes to project a word on the center of the retina while the reader is reconditioned, by the highlighting of words progressing through the body text, to use the faster scanning strategy of fixing the eyes and changing the position on the retina being read; presents a picture representing the meaning of each word in order to recondition a user to use the faster cognitive strategy of triggering recognition of meaning with a picture; presents textual content with a timing based on syllables in order to create a presentation of textual content in sync with the natural timing of speech; can add a speaking voice to the animated format which enables the non-reader to learn printed language through context alone; can record the audio of an individual word read out loud from a selection of textual content for future playback of any textual content containing the word.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method of presenting textual content, comprising:

(a) displaying a body of text on a computerized display;
(b) highlighting a word element,
wherein, a word element is selected from the group comprising a word and a word group in the body of text,
wherein highlighting comprises altering aesthetic qualities of a selected section of the body of text on the computerized display in order to make the selected section stand out from an unselected section of the body of text on the computerized display;
and
(c) displaying an additional expression of the word element in an additional position on
the computerized display in conjunction with the highlighting of the word element,
wherein said additional expression refers to a copy of a selected series of elements,
wherein said selected series of elements are selected from the group comprising letters, numbers, spaces, symbols and punctuation,
wherein said additional position is a location on the computerized display that is different from a location of said word element;
wherein said highlighting of the word element in the body of text indicates a word element intended to be read presently and relocates to highlight a successive word element after a duration of time repeatedly which culminates in a series of temporarily highlighted word elements that progresses through the body of text.

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A computer implemented method of presenting textual content, comprising:

(a) displaying a body of text on a computerized display;
(b) highlighting a word element,
wherein, a word element is selected from the group comprising a word and a word group in the body of text,
wherein highlighting comprises altering aesthetic qualities of a selected section of the body of text on the computerized display in order to make the selected section stand out from an unselected section of the body of claim text on the computer display;
and
(c) displaying a pictorial representation of the word element on the computerized display in conjunction with the highlighting of the word element,
wherein the pictorial representation refers to pictorial digital media selected from the group comprising a still image and a moving image intended to represent the meaning of the word element visually,
wherein said highlighting of the word element in the body of text indicates a word element intended to be read presently and relocates to highlight a successive word element after a duration of time repeatedly which culminates in a series of temporarily highlighted word elements that progresses through the body of text.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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