Tracking recitation of text
For tracking a recitation of text, a method is disclosed that includes displaying, by use of a processor, a segment of text, receiving an audio signal, and indicating a position in the segment of text determined by a correspondence between the audio signal and the segment of text.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a computing device having a processor;
a non-transitory computer readable memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising:
code that displays a segment of text;
code that receives an audio signal comprising a verbalization of a reader reading aloud the segment of text;
code that generates text represented by the audio signal;
code that searches for a position in the segment of text corresponding to the text represented by the audio signal;
code that indicates the position in the segment of text determined by the correspondence between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text;
code that determines a difference between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text; and
code that generates a modified segment of text based on the difference between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio signal is a verbalization of at least a portion of the segment of text.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the code further indicates the position in the segment of text based on word similarity.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the word similarity comprises a threshold number of matching words.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the code indicates the position in the segment of text using an indicator selected from a group consisting of an altered font characteristic, a highlight, an altered contrast, an underline, and blinking text.
6. A method comprising:
displaying, by use of a processor, a segment of text;
receiving an audio signal comprising a verbalization of a reader reading aloud the segment of text;
generating text represented by the audio signal;
searching for a position in the segment of text corresponding to the text represented by the audio signal;
indicating the position in the segment of text determined by the correspondence between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text;
determining a difference between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text; and
generates a modified segment of text based on the difference between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the audio signal is a verbalization of at least a portion of the segment of text.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising comparing the audio signal to the segment of text to determine if the audio signal corresponds to the segment of text.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the correspondence is determined using a regular expression.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein indicating the position comprises using an indicator selected from a group consisting of an altered font characteristic, a highlight, an altered contrast, an underline, and blinking text.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein indicating the position comprises scrolling a display for the segment of text.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein scrolling the display comprises centering the segment of text on the display according to correspondence of a position in an audio file with the segment of text.
13. A non-transitory program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor to perform:
displaying a segment of text;
receiving an audio signal comprising a verbalization of a reader reading aloud the segment of text;
generating text represented by the audio signal;
searching for a position in the segment of text corresponding to the text represented by the audio signal;
indicating the position in the segment of text determined by the correspondence between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text;
determining a difference between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text; and
generates a modified segment of text based on the difference between the text represented by the audio signal and the segment of text.
14. The program product of claim 13 , wherein the indicating comprises an indicator selected from a group consisting of an altered font characteristic, a highlight, an altered contrast, an underline, and blinking text.