Reading machine system for the blind having a dictionary

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1997-06-27

2000-03-07

Hafer, Robert A.

Education and demonstration

Communication aids for the handicapped

434116, 434178, 434185, G09B 2100, G09B 1700, G09B 1904, G06K 900

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060332247

ABSTRACT:
A reading machine for a blind or visually impaired person includes a computer system that causes the computer to load a definition file in accordance with the current word whose definition a user desires the reading machine to read aloud, extract from said definition file text corresponding to at least a first definition contained in said file, and synthesize speech corresponding to the extracted text to permit the definition to be read aloud. The reading machine includes a user input device including a user activated button that produces a signal that causes the computer to enter a definition mode to read a definition of current word being spoken by the reading machine.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4912671 (1990-03-01), Ishida
patent: 4985697 (1991-01-01), Boulton
The Kurzweil Reading Machine, Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., 1980.

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