User interface for dynamic presentation of text

Abstract

An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention provide improved rate of text presentation to a reader. The invention provides a method for defining a region of the display at which text is preferably read, and further provides a user interface for adjusting the speed of text display according to a screen location corresponding to that at which text is being read at any time.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method of using a computer to set a rate of text presentation on a display, the method comprising:
 (a) determining, by the computer, a location of a cursor;   (b) defining, by the computer, a first region of the display as a neutral zone based at least in part on the location of the cursor:   (c) defining, by the computer, a second region of the display as an acceleration zone, wherein the rate of the text presentation increases when the cursor is located in the acceleration zone; and   (d) defining, by the computer, a third region of the display as a deceleration zone, wherein the rate of the text presentation decreases when the cursor is located in the deceleration zone.