Patent ID: 6726487
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for supporting reading of a text from a display member, comprising:first means arranged to provide a text comprising characters forming words in said text; second means arranged to display successively a portion of the text on the display member in such a way that a forward limit of said portion of the text is moved forwardly over the display member and that an increasing part of the text is displayed, said displayed part of the text being stationary, wherein said second means are arranged to move said limit in an automatic manner in order to control the reading of a text, wherein said second means are arranged to control the movement of said limit in such a manner that the movement appears as a substantially continuous movement without jumping from character-to-character, and wherein said second means are arranged to hide substantially completely an area of said part of the text that is located ahead of said limit, and wherein said second means are arranged to change from displaying said portion of the text to a successive portion of the text when the forward limit is located in the proximity of the end of said portion, wherein the forward limit is arranged to move from said portion to said successive portion; and a regulating member by means of which the speed by which said limit moves over the text is controllable.