System and Method for Integrating Special Effects with a Text Source

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer program products relate to special effects for a text source, such as a traditional paper book, e-book, mobile phone text, comic book, or any other form of pre-defined reading material, and for outputting the special effects. The special effects may be played in response to a user reading the text source aloud to enhance their enjoyment of the reading experience and provide interactivity. The special effects can be customized to the particular text source and can be synchronized to initiate the special effect in response to pre-programmed trigger phrases when reading the text source aloud.

主权项

1. A system for providing a special effect associated with an auditory input, the system comprising:
an electronic mobile device configured to:
receive an audible input from a user comprising speech of a user reading one or more portions of a text source;determine whether the audible input matches one or more pre-determined triggers via a speech recognition algorithm; andin response to determining that the audible input matches the pre-determined trigger, command a special effect device to output a plurality of special effects associated with the text source; wherein the special effect device comprises an audio speaker and a light source, and the at least one of the one or more special effects includes audio content and light emission; wherein the plurality of special effects comprises a first special effect and a second special effect, wherein the first special effect and the second special effect are different, and wherein the electronic mobile device is configured to command the special effect output device to output the second special effect at least partially concurrently with outputting the first special effect.