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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2009
Laurent an Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward J. Gayles, Tracy, CA (US);
Robert Wai-chi Chu, Oakland, CA (US);
Dennis Paul Fleming, Belmont, CA (US);
Sailesh Rachabathuni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Berbessou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Laurent An Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward J. Gayles, Tracy, CA (US);
Robert Wai-Chi Chu, Oakland, CA (US);
Dennis Paul Fleming, Belmont, CA (US);
Sailesh Rachabathuni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Berbessou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The techniques disclosed herein allow a user to synchronize the playing and displaying of digital content on an electronic device. The device may render a first portion of digital content so it may be displayed. The device may also play a segment of the digital content as audio using text to speech software. The device may also render a second portion of digital content for display depending on whether the position of the last word read is greater than the last position in the first portion of digital content.