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US 8,943,404 B1Granted
Selective display of pronunciation guides in electronic books
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorRainer V. Mager
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Abstract
Techniques for selectively and dynamically determining an amount of pronunciation guides to display within an electronic book based at least in part on an aspect of a user. For instance, an electronic device rendering an electronic book may determine whether to display some, all, or no pronunciation guides for characters within the electronic book based on a reading level of the user, an age of the user, a primary language of the user, or any other aspect that indicates the user's proficiency in the language of the electronic book.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- under control of an electronic device that includes a display and is configured with executable instructions,
- receiving a request to display an electronic book that includes logographic characters and ruby characters corresponding to respective ones of the logographic characters;
- and
- at least partly in response to receiving the request:
- selecting a subset of the logographic characters to display with corresponding ruby characters, wherein the selecting the subset of the logographic characters to display with corresponding ruby characters comprises at least:
- selecting a first logographic character to display with corresponding ruby characters for a first number of instances of the first logographic character in the electronic book;
- and
- selecting a second, different logographic character to display with corresponding ruby characters for a second, different number of instances of the second logographic character in the electronic book;
- wherein a remainder of the logographic characters are to be displayed without corresponding ruby characters;
- and
- displaying the electronic book on the display of the electronic device in accordance with the selecting.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a display;
- one or more processors;
- memory, storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a request to display an electronic book that includes logographic characters and ruby characters corresponding to respective ones of the logographic characters;
- and
- at least partly in response to receiving the request:
- selecting a subset of the logographic characters to display with corresponding ruby characters, wherein the selecting the subset of the logographic characters to display with corresponding ruby characters comprises at least:
- selecting a first logographic character to display with corresponding ruby characters for a first number of instances of the first logographic character in the electronic book;
- and
- selecting a second, different logographic character to display with corresponding ruby characters for a second, different number of instances of the second logographic character in the electronic book;
- wherein a remainder of the logographic characters are to be displayed without corresponding ruby characters;
- and
- displaying the electronic book on the display in accordance with the selecting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.