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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Endong Xun, Hong Kong, CN;
Endong Xun, Hong Kong, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer-aided reading system offers assistance to a user who is reading in a non-native language, as the user needs help, without requiring the user to divert attention away from the text. In one implementation, the reading system is implemented as a reading wizard for a browser program. The reading wizard is exposed via a graphical user interface (UI) that allows the user to select a word, phrase, sentence, or other grouping of words in the non-native text, and view multiple translations of the selected text in the user's own native language. The multiple translations are presented in a pop-up window, in the form of a scrollable box and is scrollable, located near the selected text to minimize distraction.