Providing reference work entries on touch-sensitive displays

摘要

Techniques are provided for outputting entries from supplemental content (e.g., such as reference works) based on an amount of force applied to a touch-sensitive display of a device. For example, a user reading an electronic book (eBook) on a device having a touch-sensitive display may select a word or a phrase within the eBook by touching the display at a location of the word or the phrase. The techniques may determine one or more entries from the supplemental content to output based on a measured amount of force of the selection. To illustrate, the device may output a dictionary definition of the selected word in response to measuring a first amount of force or output a thesaurus entry for the word in response to measuring a second amount of force.

主权项

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving a first indication that a touch-sensitive display has detected a first user input; selecting a first entry from supplemental works to output to the touch-sensitive display based at least in part on the first user input, the supplemental works comprising at least one of a dictionary, a thesaurus, an almanac, an atlas, an encyclopedia, a gazetteer, or a reference work; receiving a second indication that the touch-sensitive display has detected a second user input having an amount of force greater than a predetermined threshold; and selecting a second entry from the supplemental works to output to the touch-sensitive display based at least in part on the amount of force of the second user input.