Patent ID: 6933928

Claim:
The process of displaying information in a portable paperless book comprising a visual display system, an audible display system, a digital storage system for visual and audible information, a temporary storage site, and a power system containing a battery for powering the portable paperless book, wherein the visual information is a printed book with words electronically displayed on the visual display for reading and may be electronically erased from the visual display after the words are read, controls for the erasure of the visual display after the words are read, and the audible information is electronically synthesized words of the printed book which are synthesized in synchrony with the words electronically displayed on the visual display, wherein the visible information may be read under constantly changing conditions when the conditions favor visible reading, and the audible information may be listened to under constantly changing conditions when the conditions favor listening to audible information comprising the steps: a. downloading visual and audible information from a digital storage device into the temporary storage site. b. displaying a page of printed words from the temporary storage site on a visual display, and c. displaying audible expression of the words of the page of printed words from the temporary storage site on an audible display, the display of audible material simultaneously with the display of words of the page of printed words.