Internet accessed text-to-speech reading assistant

Abstract

An electronically accessible server that on demand provisions program elements to be locally controlled by a subscriber's device. Upon termination of work session the server deactivates all provisioned elements and the subscriber becomes free to reinitiate program elements to be controlled by the same or another computer.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This non provisional application claims the benefit and is a continuation of the non provisional patent application Ser. No. 11 / 430,859 that has a filing date of May 10, 2006, but claims the benefit of the provisional patent application of Ser. No. 60 / 681,350, filed 2005 May 16 by the present inventor. Each application is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH[0002]Not ApplicableSEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM[0003]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]1. Field of Invention[0005]The present invention relates generally to the field of computer software systems and, more particularly, to an internet system providing a service to subscribers in which a server delivers as requested text-to-speech capabilities to the subscriber's computer.[0006]2. Prior Art[0007]Advances in computer technology have generated exceptional software systems providing fast text-to-speech algorithms that faithfully ...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention offers an internet service that allows a server to deliver text-to-speech capabilities to a subscriber's computer.

Problems solved by technology

The current programs are installed on stand-alone computer systems connected to a peripheral reader or scanner device and are not conveniently portable between computers or computer systems.

The current programs have a high up-front cost.

Except for some installed individual reading stations and a few individual computer readers, the technology has not proliferated in teaching situations as it could have been expected to because of the cost of licensing and installing reading programs on the different computers used by a student in the classroom, in the library or at his home.

Neither is there a convenient method of coordinating or organizing teaching or training group projects or interactive projects with such individual based systems.

Because of current high speed internet connections, the additional time required to reinstall program elements on non-registered computers presents only a slight increase in access time.

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