Tragbares elektronisches Lesegerät zum ausschließlichen Abspielen eines magnetischen oder optischen Aufzeichnungsmediums und Verfahren dafür

摘要

A portable electronic read instrument is described designed for the exclusive reproduction of the contents of books stored in an auxiliary memory as character and sound data. The instrument includes a CPU 210, a drive circuit 214, 216 for retrieving book data from the auxiliary memory, a main memory 212 for storing the book data, a display 218 for displaying character data from the stored book data, a loudspeaker 220 for reproducing sound data from the stored book data and one or more search keys 224. The CPU 210 is programmed to control the drive circuit 214, 216, main memory 212, the display 218 and the loudspeaker 220 so as to display or reproduce selected data in accordance with the operation of the search keys 224.