Patent Document ID: 9355568
Application ID: 12390379

Base Claim:
1. A method for utilizing an electronic reader to provide output by the electronic reader at a rate corresponding to a user in order to overcome a lack of user-specific focus, the method comprising: providing, by a processor of a computer system, a text for digital access within the computer system, the computer system comprising a tactile input device and a visually perceptible output device; displaying, by the processor, a first page of the text on the visually perceptible output device; providing, by the processor, a user-controlled visualization in which the first page is configured to be turned to reveal a second page, wherein as the first page turns, a first perimeter of the first page is configured to appear to be peeled away from its original position, such that a portion of the first page appears to pivot about an axis, and such that the first portion of the first page appears to be placed face down to reveal the second page; causing, by the processor, the first perimeter to appear as though it is curling back from its original position when a user passes a pointer over the first perimeter; causing, by the processor, the first perimeter of the first page to appear to be peeled away from its original position and the first page to be turned when the user hard selects the first perimeter, wherein the hard selection comprises an action that is different than passing the pointer over the first perimeter; and visually emphasizing, via the processor, a word of the text through the visually perceptible output device so as to distinguish the word from a surrounding word in the text when the pointer passes over or near the word from any direction, wherein the word is at least one of: (a) audibly and visually emphasized at a rate determined by the user when the pointer passes over or near the word in a reading direction, and wherein the pointer is required to pass over or near the word in the reading direction in order for the word to be both audibly and visually emphasized, and (b) visually distinguished on the visually perceptible output device from the surrounding word through a first selection process which occurs when the pointer passes over or near the word, and in which the word is audibly emphasized when the word is selected through a second selection process that comprises an action that is different from the first selection process, and wherein a report of words selected through the second selection process is generated.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically audibly emphasizing the word without the word being selected and wherein the word is visually emphasized when the word is selected by the user.