Custom Narration of Electronic Books

摘要

A system and method are disclosed for correlating an electronic book with a narration. A correlation is determined between a first portion of the narration and a first segment of the text within the electronic book. The correlation is stored as instructions to present the first segment of the text with emphasis simultaneously with playback of the first the portion of the narration. A determination is made that a second portion of the audio recording, immediately following the first portion, does not match a second segment of the text that immediately follows the first segment. A correlation between the second portion and a component of the electronic book is determined and stored as instructions to present the component with emphasis simultaneously with playback of the second portion of the narration.

主权项

1. A method for creating a custom narration for a book, the book comprising text, the method comprising:
making an audio recording of a narrator, wherein the audio recording comprises a first portion and a second portion that immediately follows the first portion; determining, using one or more processors, that the first portion is a reading of a first segment of the text; generating, using one or more processors, a first correlation between the first portion of the recording and the first segment of the text; determining, using one or more processors, that the second portion does not correspond to a second segment of the text, the second segment being a subset of the text that immediately follows the first segment; applying, using one or more processors and responsive to determining that the second portion does not correspond to the second segment of the text, a correlation algorithm to identify a component of the book to which the second portion is likely to correspond; generating, using one or more processors, a second correlation between the second portion and the component of the book; and storing, using one or more processors, the first and second correlations such that upon playback, the first portion is presented as corresponding to the first segment and the second portion is presented as corresponding to the component.