Patent ID: 8068107
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method to synchronize audio and graphics in a multimedia presentation, wherein said multimedia presentation has speech and graphic contributions, said speech and graphics contributions being produced independently from each other, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of graphic objects, wherein: each graphic object is a shape or a handwriting, each said shape or handwriting made of at least one line; providing a list of said graphic objects; creating a speech file comprising a sequence of phrases, each of said phrases comprising a speech contribution explaining at least one graphic contribution associated to a respective graphic object, each said graphic contribution in the form of a shape or handwriting explained by a corresponding phrase of said speech file; creating an arrangement file obtained as a sequence of a first graphic object and a respective first phrase, and then a second graphic object and a respective second phrase, and so on, up to completion of all graphic objects and phrases of said list and of said speech file respectively; choosing a drawing speed of the graphic objects, said drawing speed being a speed with which each said line of said shape or said handwriting is drawn gradually on said screen; and executing said arrangement file by an executing application, wherein said executing application: