Patent ID: 7694325

Claim:
A method for broadcasting synchronized audio and corresponding visual text information comprising the steps of: providing a computer for recording audio message components input from a sound transducer and corresponding text message components input from a user interface, and storing said message components in said information database; assembling audio and corresponding text messages for broadcast by ordering said audio message components and said text message components in said information database in a predetermined sequence; providing at least one audio reproduction device for broadcasting audio messages; providing at least one visual display device for broadcasting text messages; calculating a duration for each audio message component; embedding the time duration of each audio message component into the corresponding text message component; for each of said at least one visual display device, separating said text messages into a plurality of lines; synchronizing the broadcast of said text messages with said audio messages by calculating a scroll rate for each line for said text messages on said at least one visual display device using the embedded time duration of each corresponding audio message component; and broadcasting said audio and text messages over said at least one audio reproduction device and said at least one visual display device, whereby said text messages are scrolled at a variable rate in concert with said audio messages.