Patent Document ID: 8930192
Application ID: 13191784

Base Claim:
1. A computer-based method comprising: presenting a plurality of grapheme-labeled regions on a computer-based touchscreen; receiving an indication that one or more of the grapheme-labeled regions has been touched by a pointing device; measuring an amount of time that the pointing device maintains contact with each one of the one or more grapheme-labeled regions that has been touched by the pointing device; producing, at an audio speaker, one or more phonemes, each phoneme based on a grapheme that appears on one of the respective grapheme-labeled regions that has been touched by the pointing device, wherein each grapheme presented represents a single phoneme; and setting an audible duration for a particular one of the phonemes produced at the audio speaker based on a measured amount of time that the pointing device maintains contact with a particular one of the grapheme-labeled regions.

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Claim 10:
10. The computer-based method of claim 1 further comprising: calculating a speed of the pointing device across one or more of the grapheme-labeled regions or one or more portions of the one or more grapheme-labeled regions, wherein setting the audible duration for the particular one of the phonemes comprises setting the audible duration based on the calculated speed.