Patent Document ID: 9865250
Application ID: 14499489

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for navigating secondary content during a text-to-speech process, the method comprising: outputting first audio including an audio tone preceded by first synthesized speech and followed by second synthesized speech, the audio tone corresponding to an indicator of a first footnote located in a string of text, the first synthesized speech associated with a portion of the string of text prior to the indicator and the second synthesized speech associated with a portion of the string of text following the indicator; detecting first contact on a touch-screen of a computing device within a first period of time following output of the audio tone; determining that the first contact corresponds to a predefined first arc gesture, the first contact extending along both a horizontal axis and a vertical axis from a first point to a second point, a difference between a first horizontal coordinate associated with the first point and a second horizontal coordinate associated with the second point exceeding a horizontal threshold in a first direction relative to the first point, and a difference between a first vertical coordinate associated with the first point and a second vertical coordinate associated with a midpoint of the contact exceeding a vertical threshold; selecting the first footnote in response to the first arc gesture; identifying supplemental text associated with the first footnote; and outputting third synthesized speech corresponding to the supplemental text associated with the first footnote.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: detecting second contact on a touch-screen of a computing device within a second period of time following the first arc gesture; determining that the second contact corresponds to a predefined second arc gesture, the second contact extending along both a horizontal axis and a vertical axis from a third point to a fourth point, a difference between a third horizontal coordinate associated with the third point and a fourth horizontal coordinate associated with the fourth point exceeding a horizontal threshold in a second direction relative to the third point, and a difference between a third vertical coordinate associated with the third point and a fourth vertical coordinate associated with a midpoint of the contact exceeding a vertical threshold; identifying a second footnote in the string of text prior to the first footnote, in response to the second arc gesture; identifying supplemental text associated with the second footnote in response to the second arc gesture; and outputting fourth synthesized speech corresponding to the supplemental text associated with the second footnote in response to the second arc gesture.