Patent ID: 6745163
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A process for rendering a document containing first, second and third text, first and second HTML tags and first and second types of non-HTML tags, said process comprising the steps of:reading said document to determine that said first text is associated with said first HTML tag and the first type of non-HTML tag, said first type of non-HTML tag indicating that said first text should be rendered visually but not audibly, and in response to said first type of non-HTML tag, rendering said first text visually but not audibly, and in response to said first HTML tag, said first text is rendered visually in accordance with said first HTML tag; reading said document to determine that said second text is associated with the second type of non-HTML tag, said second type of non-HTML tag indicating that said second text should be rendered audibly but not visually, and in response, rendering said second text audibly but not visually; and reading said document to determine that said third text is associated with said second HTML tag but is not associated with either said first type of non-HTML tag or said second type of non-HTML tag, and in response, rendering said third text both visually and audibly, and in response to said second type of HTML tag, said third text is rendered visually in accordance with said second HTML tag.