Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Application
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-20
2007-03-20
Dorvil, Richemond (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Application
C704S270000, C704S270100, C704S001000, C704S009000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10084582
ABSTRACT:
Web pages and other text documents displayed on a computer are reformatted to allow a a user who has difficulty reading to navigate between and among such documents and to have such documents, or portions of them, read aloud by the computer using a text-to-speech engine in their original or translated form while preserving the original layout of the document. A “point-and-read” paradigm allows a user to cause the text to be read solely by moving a pointing device over graphical icons or text without requiring the user to click on anything in the document. Hyperlink navigation and other program functions are accomplished in a similar manner.
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Sheetz Stephen C.
Slotznick Benjamin
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld & LLP
Dorvil Richemond
Shortledge Thomas E.
Slotznick Benjamin
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