Patent Publication Number: US-11650791-B2

Title: Relative narration

Description:
FIELD 
     Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating relative narration of textual information presented in a user interface on a display. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A user typically interacts with a computer running a software program or application via a graphical user interface (for example, a graphical user interface (GUI)). The user may use a touchpad, keyboard, mouse, or other input device to enter commands, selections, and other input. The application then responds to or processes this input. The graphical user interface may present links, controls, data, or other interactive options for the user in a visual form such as texts or images. While graphical user interfaces are useful, there are times when an aural or audio interface is useful. For example, an audio interface is useful when a user has impaired vision or when it is impossible or impractical to view the graphical user interface, such as when a user is operating an automobile and maintaining his or her gaze on the road ahead. 
     SUMMARY 
     Narration-based applications generally deliver information contained in the graphical user interface by reading (for example, via a text-to-speech conversion) what is shown on the screen in a literal or verbatim manner. Generally, existing, narration-based applications provide a binary experience (in other words, whether narration is provided or not). Apart from adjusting the speed or vocal characteristics of the voice (male, female, etc.) it isn&#39;t feasible to specify the fidelity level of the information being read out to the user. As noted, existing applications are designed to read exactly what is on the screen in an effort to ensure fidelity in the transformation from a visual experience to an audible experience. However, literally reading elements in the graphical user interfaces often produces an audio output that is difficult to comprehend. Additionally, user interfaces built primarily for a visual framework do not translate well to an audible experience. Currently-available narration-based user interfaces usually fail to consider human cognitive processes that take place while visually gathering information from a display screen and translate those cognitive processes into processes that occur when gathering information aurally. Information laid out on a display screen is typically scanned and rescanned by the human eye and brain using context and association. This facilitates navigation of the information. Translating textual and/or graphical information to an audio format (with precision) results in overloading the listener with details since the streamed format prevents the user from efficiently scanning/re-scanning material. As a result, task completion times are often increased by a factor of three to ten times the original visual task completion times as listeners struggle to comprehend what they are listening to. For example, accessibility solutions, such as VoiceOver, only read what is provided on a display screen associated with a computer system. Information that is known to the computer system but resident outside of the user interface is typically not considered when deciding on what the narration experience should be. Some embodiments provide a computing device having a mode of operation that may be selected by a user or automatically (based on interactions with a particular application), which allows a narrator to combine information outside of the application to transform or augment the narration experience from a literal reading of text in a graphical user interface to one that is “relative” to what is seen on the display. In one example, the computing device is configured to extract objects from a user interface and compare it to known objects such as documents, contacts, times, locations, browsing history, social graph information, and information from other applications associated with the current user. In another example, a user may be able to activate a user-selectable-mode within the computing device to provide relative narration. In some embodiments, the relative narration of the textual information may be performed by accessing an entity extraction module to generate the audio narration of the textual information. 
     Embodiments provided herein allow narrators to replace reading out of information such as “jdoe@example.com” with “John Doe” because the email address jdoe@email.com maps to a known contact for the user stored within the computer system. Similarly, instead of reading a time stamp (for example, 12:01 pm) on a web interface, a relative indication of the same information (such as “a few minutes ago” or “just now”) may be used for narration based on comparing the time stamp with a local time associated with the computer system. In one example, locations known to the system may be read out in a friendly way or more commonly-used manner. For example, the address “1060 W. Addison, Chicago, Ill.” may be read out as “Wrigley Field.” 
     One embodiment provides a computing device. The computing device includes a display device displaying a graphical user interface including textual information received from a first application; and an electronic processor electrically connected to the display device and configured to receive a user interface element associated with the textual information, the textual information scheduled for relative narration, extract a plurality of entities from the user interface element, convert the plurality of entities into a narrated string using a second application, generate the relative narration of the textual information using the narrated string, and output the relative narration. 
     Another embodiment provides a method for generating relative narration. The method includes receiving a user interface element associated with a textual information generated by a first application, the textual information scheduled for relative narration; extracting, with an electronic processor, a plurality of entities from the user interface element; converting, with the electronic processor, the plurality of entities into a narrated string using a second application; generating, with the electronic processor, the relative narration of the textual information using the narrated string; and outputting the relative narration. 
     Another embodiment provides a non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more electronic processors to receive a user interface element associated with a textual information generated by a first application, the textual information scheduled for relative narration; extract a plurality of entities from the user interface element; convert the plurality of entities into a narrated string using a second application; generate the relative narration of the textual information using the narrated string; and output the relative narration. 
     Using embodiments provided herein, the textual information on the screen of a computer or similar user device is re-interpreted using information outside of the current user interface (such as current time, browsing history, documents, other applications, etc.) to augment the narrated information without the need to modify the application generating the current user interface. 
    
    
     
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       The accompanying figures, where like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements throughout the separate views, together with the detailed description below, are incorporated in and form part of the specification, and serve to further illustrate embodiments of concepts that include the claimed embodiments, and explain various principles and advantages of those embodiments. 
         FIG.  1    illustrates a computing device in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG.  2    illustrates a block diagram of the computing device shown in  FIG.  1    in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG.  3    illustrates an example of a software application interaction, in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG.  4    illustrates another example of a software application interaction, in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG.  5    illustrates another example of a software application interaction, in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG.  6    illustrates yet another example of a software application interaction, in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG.  7    is a flow chart of a method for generating relative narration in accordance with some embodiments. 
     
    
    
     Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of. 
     The apparatus and method components have been represented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Before any embodiments are explained in detail, it is to be understood that these embodiments are not limited in their application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Other embodiments are possible and the embodiments described are capable of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Some embodiments may be a machine- or computer-implemented method, a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having a set of instructions stored thereon detailing a method that may be carried out by at least one electronic processor, or a user interface narrator for a computing device. 
       FIG.  1    illustrates a computing device  100  in accordance with some embodiments. In the example shown, the computing device  100  includes a display  102 , input  104 , speaker  106 , an optional camera  108 , an optional keyboard  110  and a graphical user interface  112  displaying textual information  114  associated with an application (for example, a web-based application shown in  FIG.  1   ). The computing device  100  may use a narrator  320  (described below) to vocalize items in the graphical user interface  112 , such as graphics and text. Vocalizing is the creation of relative audio narration to be played to the user representing the items on the graphical user interface  112 . 
       FIG.  2    illustrates a block diagram of the computing device  100  in  FIG.  1    in accordance with some embodiments. The computing device  100  may combine hardware, software, firmware, and system on-a-chip technology to implement a narration controller. The computing device  100  may include an electronic processor  202 , a memory  204 , data storage  210 , the display  102 , a communication interface  212 , and a bus  220 . The memory  204  may include an operating system  206  and one or more software programs in application module  208  that provide algorithms to analyze items in the graphical user interface  112  and render data associated with the analyzed items for vocalization. The electronic processor  202  may include at least one electronic processor or microprocessor that interprets and executes a set of instructions stored in the memory  204 . In some embodiments, the one or more software programs in application module  208  may be configured to implement the methods described herein. The memory  204  may include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), or other memory and combinations thereof. The memory  204  may have a distributed architecture, where various portions of it are situated remotely from one another, but may be accessed by the electronic processor  202 . The memory  204  is one kind of a non-transitory, computer-readable medium. As used in the present application, a non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprises all computer-readable media except for a transitory, propagating signal. 
     The data storage  210  may include a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores machine-readable code or instructions. In one example, the data storage  210  stores a set of instructions detailing a method provided herein that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the method. The data storage  210  may also be a database or a database interface for storing an application module  208 . In one example, the data storage  210  is located external to the computing device  100 . 
     The bus  220 , or other component interconnection, may permit communication among the components of the computing device  100 . The bus  220  may be, for example, one or more buses or other wired or wireless connections. The bus  220  may have additional elements, which are omitted for simplicity, such as controllers, buffers (for example, caches), drivers, repeaters and receivers, or other similar components, to enable communications. The bus  220  may also include address, control, data connections, or a combination of the foregoing to enable appropriate communications among the aforementioned components. 
     The communication interface  212  provides the computing device  100  a communication gateway with an external network (for example, a wireless network, the internet, etc.). The communication interface  212  may include, for example, an Ethernet card or adapter or a wireless local area network (WLAN) card or adapter (for example, IEEE standard 802.11a/b/g/n). The communication interface  212  may include address, control, and/or data connections to enable appropriate communications on the external network. 
       FIG.  3    illustrates an interaction  300  of software applications, in accordance with some embodiments. Shown in  FIG.  3    is an operating system  206  of the computing device  100 , which manages an application module  208 . The application module  208  is a software application, or portion of a software application. In one embodiment, the application module  208  includes a user interface object model  332 , a business logic  334  and a data model  336 . The operating system  206  includes a display driver  310  and a narrator  320 . The display driver  310  includes a display frame buffer  312 , a business logic  314 , and a data model  316 . The narrator  320  includes a narration object model  322 , a business logic  324  and a data model  326 . In one embodiment, the narration object model  322  includes software applications executable by the electronic processor  202  to perform natural language processing. In some embodiments, the electronic processor  202  is configured to vary at least one of a vocabulary and a grammar associated with a plurality of entities within a user interface element received from the application module  208 . 
     Business logic  314 ,  324  includes software applications executable by the electronic processor  202 . Business logic  314 ,  324  may include application logic that may be concerned with the retrieval, processing, transformation, and management of application data; application of business rules and policies; and/or ensuring data consistency and validity. 
     In one embodiment, the application module  208  communicates with the operating system  206  via an application binary interface (ABI) (not shown here). The application binary interface is a tool that allows the application module  208  to access specific tools, functions, and/or calls provided by the operating system  206 . 
     In the example shown in  FIG.  3   , an application module  208  includes a data model  336  that provides information, which may be retrieved, processed and/or transformed using business logic  334  and presented to the user interface object model  332 . In one example, data models  316  and  326  receive information (for example, text displayed in a user interface of the computing device  100 ) presented by the user interface object model  332 . The business logic  314  and  324  augments and transforms the information received by data models  316  and  326  and provides relative narration data to display frame buffer  312  and narration object model  322 , respectively. In one embodiment, the display frame buffer  312  provides the relative narration data to be displayed on display  102 . In another embodiment, the narration object model  322  provides the relative narration data to be vocalized by speaker  106 . 
       FIG.  4    illustrates an interaction  400  of software applications, in accordance with some embodiments. In one example, the computing device  100  executes the operating system  206 , which manages an application module  208 . The application module  208  is a software application, or portion of a software application. The application module  208  includes a user interface object model  332 , a business logic  334 , and a data model  336 . The operating system includes local data sources  340  and a narrator  320 . In one example, the local data sources  340  include emails  342 , contacts  344 , documents  346 , and browser history  348 . The narrator  320  includes a narration object model  322 , a business logic  324 , a data model  326  and an entity extraction module  328 . Entity extraction module  328  provides semantic knowledge to textual data thereby enabling a user to more readily understand the content and context of the textual data presented to the user. 
       FIG.  5    illustrates an interaction  500  of software applications, in accordance with some embodiments. As shown in  FIG.  5   , operating system  206  includes local data sources  340  and a narrator  320 . In one embodiment, the local data sources may include emails  342 , contacts  344 , documents  346  and browser history  348 . The narrator  320  includes a narration object model  322 , a business logic  324 , data model  326  and an entity extraction module  328 . Also included in  FIG.  5    is application module  208  and a service module  520 . The application module  208  includes a user interface object model  332 , a business logic  334  and a data model  336 . In one embodiment, the data model  336  includes software applications executable by the electronic processor  202  that determines relationships between the different types of data that are retrieved from different sources (for example, emails, contacts, documents, browser history, etc.). The service module  520  includes remote services  522  including an entity extraction module  523 . 
       FIG.  6    illustrates an interaction  600  of software applications, in accordance with some embodiments. As shown in  FIG.  6   , the interaction  600  includes an operating system  206 , a service module  620 , an application module  208  and a speaker  106 . In one example, the operating system  206  includes a narrator  320 , which in turn includes a narration object model  322 , a business logic  324 , a data model  326 , and an entity extraction module  328 . In one example, the service module  620  includes remote services module  622 , which in turn includes a cloud service  624  (for example, Microsoft Azure), a web browser  625  (for example, Microsoft Bing), an artificial intelligence (AI) based virtual assistant  626  (for example, Microsoft Cortana), and cloud based productivity tools  627  (for example, Microsoft Office 365). 
       FIG.  7    is a flow chart of a method  700  for generating relative narration in accordance with some embodiments. In one embodiment, the method  700  includes activating, with the electronic processor  202 , a user-selectable-mode that provides relative narration for a computing device  100  (for example, by receiving a user selection to activate relative narration through the graphical user interface  112  or other input mechanism). At block  710 , the method  700  includes receiving a user interface element associated with a textual information generated by a first application (some examples include an email program such as a web-based email application, a text message application, or a notification from another software application not associated with an operating system) and scheduled for relative audio narration. In one example, data models  326  (as shown in  FIGS.  3 ,  4 ,  5 , and  6   ) receive information (for example, text displayed in a user interface of a computing device  100 ) presented by the user interface object model  332 . In one embodiment, the data model  326  is configured to correlate information received from different sources (for example, emails, browsing history, etc.). 
     At block  720 , the method  700  includes extracting, with an electronic processor  202 , a plurality of entities from the user interface element associated with textual information from the user interface object model  332 . At block  720 , the plurality of entities from the user interface element associated with textual information may be retrieved, processed and/or transformed using the business logic  324  and presented to the narration object model  322 . In the embodiments shown in  FIG.  4    and  FIG.  5   , the business logic  324  is configured to retrieve information from emails  342 , contacts  344 , documents  346  and browser history  348  to augment the textual information with contextual information before passing it to the narration object model  322 . In one example, the business logic  334  uses narration object model  322  to perform natural language processing. In the embodiment shown in  FIG.  5   , the business logic  324  is also configured to access an entity extraction module  523 , which is part of the remote services  522  (for example, a map program that resides outside the operating system  206 ). In one embodiment shown in  FIG.  6   , the business logic  324  is configured to retrieve information from several software programs residing in remote services  622  that is external to the operating system  206 . In one example, the remote services  622  includes the cloud service  624  (for example, Microsoft Azure), the web browser  625  (for example, Microsoft Bing), the artificial intelligence (AI) based virtual assistant  626  (for example, Microsoft Cortana), and the cloud based productivity tools  627  (for example, Microsoft Office 365). 
     At block  730 , the method  700  includes converting, with the electronic processor  202 , the plurality of entities (for example, names, time-stamps, domain names, subjects, messages, etc. that may be related to an email message) extracted in block  720  into a narrated string using a second application that is either part of the operating system  206  or outside the operating system  206 . The second application may include at least one of the following applications such as emails  342 , contacts  344 , documents  346 , browser history  348 , cloud service  624 , web browser  625 , artificial intelligence (AI) based virtual assistant  626 , cloud based productivity tools  627 ) or other remote services  522 . In one example, the electronic processor  202  is configured to generate an audio narration of the textual information using the narrated string. In one embodiment, the electronic processor  202  is configured to convert textual information to relative audio narration by varying the vocabulary and/or grammar of the textual information. In the embodiments shown in  FIG.  4    and  FIG.  5   , the narration object model  322  uses the information received by the business logic  324  from emails  342 , contacts  344 , documents  346 , and browser history  348  to convert the textual information into relative narration. In one example, the method  700  includes mapping, with the electronic processor  202 , a time-stamp associated with the textual information to a relative indication of time with respect to a reference time (derived typically from an internal clock associated with the operating system  206 ). In the embodiment shown in  FIG.  6   , the narration object model  322  uses the information received by the business logic  324  from several software programs residing in remote services  622  to convert the textual information into relative narration. 
     At block  740 , the narration object model  322  generates the relative audio narration of the textual information using the narrated string received from the business logic  324 . At block  750 , the method  700  includes outputting the relative audio narration. 
     Some examples of generating relative narration according to method  700  are provided below. 
     Example #1: Generating Relative Narration of an Email Message 
     From: Villadsen, Benjamin (12739) [mailto:bvilladsen@examplecompany.com] 
     Sent: Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 1:07 PM 
     To: Villadsen, Benjamin (12739); Magnus Ravn; Christian Sondergaard; Philippos Hondros; Krit Prasongsanti; Elena Barberis (IT); 
     Subject: Annual meeting conference call 
     When: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 3:00 PM-4:00 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US &amp; Canada). 
     Where: Dial In: 1-888-555-1212 
     In one example, the above email header is received by the data model  326  from the user interface object model  332  or application module  208 . The following information from the email header is forwarded to the business logic  324 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
                 { 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “email addresses”: { 
               
               
                   
                   
                 mailto:bvilladsen@examplecompany.com, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 }, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “times”: { 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:07 PM” 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Thursday, December 1, 2016” 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “3:00PM-4:00PM” 
               
               
                   
                   
                 }, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “people”: { 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Benjamin Villadsen”, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Magnus Ravn”, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Christian Sondergaard”, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Philippos Hondros”, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Krit Prasongsanti”, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “Elena Barberis”, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 }, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “phone numbers”: { 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “1-888-555-1212” 
               
               
                   
                   
                 }} 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As shown in  FIG.  5   , the above user interface elements associated with an email message generated by an application module  208  (for example, an email program) may be provided by the data model  326  to the business logic  324  and the entity extraction module  328  to resolve the plurality of entities within the user interface elements and generate narrated strings (based on an external database, heuristics, remote services, etc.) The following information is generated and sent to the narration object model  322  after the business logic  324  has resolved the plurality of entities within the user interface elements. For example, the business logic  324  may recognize that “Krit Prasongsanti” is the same person as the email receiver and as a result, the word “You” is used to replace any reference to “Krit Prasongsanti.” Similarly, when the current time in the real-time clock of the computing device  100  is 2.15 PM, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, the time-stamps within the email message will be re-interpreted in relation the current time of the computing device  100  such as “Yesterday,” “Today,” “One-Hour,” etc. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
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                 “people”: { 
               
               
                   
                 {mailto:bvilladsen@examplecompany.com, “Benjamin Villadsen”}, 
               
               
                   
                 }, 
               
               
                   
                 “times”: { 
               
               
                   
                 {“Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:07 PM”, “Yesterday”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“Thursday, December 1, 2016, “Today”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“3:00PM - 4:00PM”, “One Hour”}, 
               
               
                   
                 }, 
               
               
                   
                 “people”: { 
               
               
                   
                 {“Benjamin Villadsen”, “Benjamin from Examplecompany.com”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“Magnus Ravn”, “Magnus”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“Christian Sondergaard”, “Christian”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“Philippos Hondros”, “Philippos”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“Krit Prasongsanti”, “You”}, 
               
               
                   
                 {“Elena Barberis (IT)”, “Elena from IT”}, 
               
               
                   
                 }, 
               
               
                   
                 “phone numbers”: { 
               
               
                   
                 {“1-888-555-1212”, “Conference Bridge”} 
               
               
                   
                 }} 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In one example, the narration object model  322  takes the above results and recomposes the narrated text appropriately and reads off the text below as provided below using speaker  106 . 
     From: Benjamin Villadsen from “Example Company” 
     Sent: “Yesterday” 
     To: Benjamin; Magnus; Christian; Philippos; You; Elena from IT 
     Subject: Annual meeting conference call 
     When: Today, In one hour, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Central Time 
     Where: Dial In: Conference Bridge Number 1-888-555-1212 
     Example #2: Generating Relative Narration of an Email Message 
     
         
         
           
             Timestamp: Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 
             Sender: Frank, frank@example.com&gt; 
             Receiver: you, Carol Smith &lt;carol@example.com&gt;, Jim &lt;jim@example.com&gt;, Arnold &lt;Arnold@example.com&gt;, Bob &lt;bob@example.com&gt; 
             Subject: Meet for lunch today? 
             Message body: Hey all, who is interested in going out to lunch today? 
           
         
       
    
     The narration strings generated from the various fields associated with the email shown above in Example A are as follows:
         Time: On Friday (assuming the time stamp is within the last 7 days)   Sender: Frank   Verb: asked   Direct object: none   Subject: “Meet for lunch today”       

     The relative narration that may be generated for the above email is given below:
         On Friday, Frank asked, “Meet for lunch today?”       

     Example #3: Generating Relative Narration of a Text Message 
     Assuming today&#39;s date is Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 and the following is the email message provided at the graphical user interface  112 :
         Timestamp: Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 (over a week ago)   Sender: Jim &lt;jim@example.com&gt;   Receiver: Carol Smith &lt;carol@example.com&gt;, Jim &lt;jim@example.com&gt;   Subject: Samples for distributors   Message body: Here are the samples that the distributors requested.       

     The relative narration that may be generated for the above email is given below:
         On October 24 th , Jim messaged Carol and Jim about “Samples for distributors.”       

     Example #4: Generating Relative Narration of an Email Message 
     Assuming today&#39;s date is Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 and the following is the email message rendered at the graphical user interface  112 :
         Timestamp: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 (assume it was sent 5 minutes ago)   Sender: Kim &lt;kim@example.com&gt;   Receiver: you &lt;you@example.com&gt;, (assume it is the current user)   Subject: Let&#39;s meet to discuss sales numbers   Message body: Hey, are you free to meet tomorrow?       

     The relative audio narration that may be generated for the above email is given below:
         A moment ago, Kim emailed you about “Let&#39;s meet to discuss sales numbers.”       

     In some embodiments, software described herein may be executed by a server, and a user may access and interact with the software application using a portable communication device. Also, in some embodiments, functionality provided by the software application as described above may be distributed between a software application executed by a user&#39;s portable communication device and a software application executed by another electronic process or device (for example, a server) external to the portable communication device. For example, a user can execute a software application (for example, a mobile application) installed on his or her smart device, which may be configured to communicate with another software application installed on a server. 
     In the foregoing specification, specific embodiments have been described. However, various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the embodiments set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of present teachings. 
     Moreover in this document, relational terms such as first and second, top and bottom, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. The terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “has,” “having,” “includes,” “including,” “contains,” “containing” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises, has, includes, contains a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by “comprises . . . a,” “has . . . a,” “includes . . . a,” or “contains . . . a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises, has, includes, contains the element. The terms “a” and “an” are defined as one or more unless explicitly stated otherwise herein. A device or structure that is “configured” in a certain way is configured in at least that way, but may also be configured in ways that are not listed. 
     Thus, embodiments provide, among other things, systems and methods for generating relative narration. Various features and advantages of some embodiments are set forth in the following claims.