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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Lucy Gibson, Belmont, MA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Lucy Gibson, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
KNFB READER, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06K 9/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06K 9/18 (2013.01); G09B 21/006 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01);
Abstract
Controlling a reading machine while reading a document to a user by receiving an image of a document, accessing a knowledge base that provides data that identifies sections in the document and processing user commands to select a section of the document. The reading machine applies text-to-speech to a text file that corresponds to the selected section of the document, to read the selected section of the document aloud to the user.