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A system and method for converting spoken vocal input to a data-encoded text string, and annotating/mixing the text string with prepared presentation materials while concurrently displaying the materials to a live audience.
1. A voice-to-text document annotation system, comprising:
a data-storage means;
a microphone operatively coupled with the data-storage means;
a voice-to-text conversion means embodied as computer-executable code and operatively coupled with the microphone and with the data-storage means, and configured to convert a spoken vocal input to a data-encoded text string;
a computer-operable slide-show sequencing means operatively coupled with the data-storage means;
a data-mixing means operatively coupled with the data-storage means, with the computer-operable slide-show sequencing means, and with the voice-to-text conversion means, and configured to enable a user to selectively annotate a prepared slide-show image retrieved from the storage means and sequenced by the slide-show sequencing means, by placing at a user-selected position within the slide-show image a text string produced by the voice-to-text conversion means from a spoken vocal input received at the microphone;
an annotation control means operable by a user and operatively coupled with the data-mixing means, the annotation control means configured with user-selectable controls to affect at least one of the actions selected from the group consisting of initiating text string placement by the data-mixing means, terminating text string placement by the data-mixing means, specifying a placement position of the text string relative to the slide-show image, and altering a text characteristic of at least a portion of the text string; and
a visual presentation means operatively coupled with either or both of the data-storage means and the data-mixing means and configured to display the image to a live audience concurrently with the placement of the text string within the image.
2. The system of
a network interface means coupled with either or both of the data-storage means and the computer-operable slide-show sequencing means, and configured to provide to remote viewers viewable access to the annotated image either concurrently with or subsequent to placement of the text string within the slide-show image.
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7. A method for annotating a prepared slide presentation image with speech converted to text, comprising:
accessing one or more prepared slide-show images stored at one or more data storage means;
selecting by a slide-show sequencing means a sequenced slide-show image from the one or more prepared slide-show images;
displaying by a visual presentation means the selected image to a live audience;
providing a microphone accessible to either or both of a member of the live audience or a presenter of the selected slide-show image;
receiving a spoken language input at the microphone;
converting the spoken language input to a data-encoded text string by a voice-to-text conversion means embodied as computer-executable code; and
mixing the data-encoded text string selectively and visibly into a portion of the selected slide-show image by a data-mixing means while concurrently displaying the slide-show image to the live audience.
8. The method of
providing annotation control means operatively coupled with the data-mixing means and configured to alter the mixed text string either prior to, concurrently with, or subsequent to mixing the text string with the prepared slide-show image, wherein altering the mixed text siring includes changing one or more of text characteristics selected from the group consisting of formatting characteristics, grammatical characteristics, positional characteristics, word selection, and spelling.
9. The method of
10. The method of
providing to a remotely-located user of an extended computing network access to the selected slide-show image for viewing either concurrently with or subsequent to mixing the text string within the slide-show image.
11. The method of
storing one or both of the image including the mixed text string or the unmixed text string at the one or more data storage means.
12. The method of
This application is a Continuation of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/350,682 filed on Feb. 8, 2006 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,296,218 and entitled INSTANT NOTE CAPTURE/PRESENTATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD, the contents of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety herein by this reference.
The invention relates generally to the field of audio-visual editing and publication. More particularly, the invention relates to real-time editing of prepared materials with spoken input converted to text, while concurrently displaying the materials to a live viewer.
This invention relates generally to the field of live audiovisual presentations given by an author, lecturer or moderator, referred to generally herein as a presenter. More particularly, it concerns slide presentations in which one or more oral sidebars featuring a monologue, a dialog or both are extemporized during an otherwise canned presentation.
In support of lectures, oral presentations and other classroom activities the use of visual aids is common practice. Historically, the blackboard and later the overhead projector with transparencies were used. With the advent of the modern computer, computer projected statements and images are now dominating this practice. Software most commonly used is called Power Point™ for PC's and Slide Show™ for Apple� computers. The use of these software programs, which will be referred to herein generically as slide sequencers, has dramatically improved these oral presentations in many ways.
However, the use of these software programs has also created a serious problem. Often the slide sequencer controls the lecture in a detrimental way. Many presenters simply read the script on the screen, losing valuable contact and interest with the audience. Many recipients of the oral presentation are left with boredom and loss of interest and retention.
There is no spontaneity in the presentation.
Even in modern television broadcasts, where a journalist's or commentators or forecaster's voice might be closed-captioned for the hard-of-hearing, the speaker typically reads from a script fed visually by a teleprompter and the speaker's voice is captured and captioned by a so-called stenocaptioner, i.e. a fancy court reporter with a stenography keyboard. Thus, there is no voice recognition, there is typically no spontaneity, there is no live-audience interaction and there is no storing of an augmented audiovisual (AV) presentation for later review, edit or publication.
Thus, the television audience goes to sleep.
Historically, the first use of visual aids in support of oral presentations and lectures was the use of written text and graphics on "poster board" type displays. The use of the "black boards and chalk" has been the most common form of visual aid for more than a hundred years. Recently, "black boards and chalk" have been replaced with "white boards and ink", which of course is very similar 'technology.' More recently, overhead projectors and transparencies have become a popular form of visual aids used in lectures. This 'technology' had the added beneficial effect of allowing the speaker to reuse the individual visual aid transparency frames. This saved time in preparation and allowed the speaker to repeat the presentation with no additional preparation time. In addition, transparencies could contain graphics as well as text to increase interest and retention of the oral presentation by the live audience. However, the use of the overhead projector and transparencies is a "static" system. That is, during the presentation, each individual transparency frame content is fixed and does not change before, during or after the presentation.
Upon widespread adaptation and use of the modern computer, the methods used as visual aids during oral presentations have changed dramatically. Using the computer and a computer projector, many useful visual aid software programs have been developed. Software programs that provide slide sequencer functionality are in widespread use today. There are other commercially available computer visual aid software programs but most skilled in the art use Power Point™ or Slide Show™ software programs. Computerized visual aid use has additional advantages beyond the use of the overhead transparency projector. Unique graphics and motion features can be added to individual visual aid frames resulting in increased viewer attention and retention of the lecture. However, even with the use of these computer methods the visual aids remain "static" in their use. As before, unless the presenter re-programs the individual visual aid frames using the software program, based upon live presentation interaction with the audience members, each frame remains the same, as does each successive presentation.
And even the live audience goes to sleep.
It is an object of this invention to enable a speaker during an oral presentation, using a computer, computer visual aid software program (like Power Point™ or Slide Show™) and a computer projector and screen, to be able to instantly place text onto the screen from selected spoken words. This is accomplished using voice recognition software, a switch to activate the selection, and the invented Instant Point™ outliner/annotator software code to combine the power of the voice recognition software and the computer visual aid software. Instant Point™ is a trademark owned by the instant inventor, namely William A. Dittrich, of Portland, Oreg., all rights reserved.
It is an object of this invention to enable the presenter to modify the text placed on the screen using the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator technology such as to be able to make the words bold, change font, size, color and other minor changes in appearance. This would be accomplished by using a small control panel conveniently located near the presenter.
It is an object of the invention to enable the presenter to place the entire presentation into text form for storage and later reference. This would be particularly helpful in education for students with difficulty understanding the language of the presentation. By automatically placing the text of the lecture onto a world-wide website, or Internet site, the student could review the lecture and reinforce elements that were hard to understand during the lecture from language and hearing difficulties. In addition, the author of the material would be able to edit the new additions entered into the visual aid software by the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator for use in future presentations.
It is an object of this invention to dramatically increase the interest, attention, and retention of the material of the oral presentation through the use of the spontaneous additions to the visual aid program that the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator provides.
It is an object of the invention to transform computer visual aids for oral presentations into dynamic experiences for the live or web-based audience. All known prior art in the field have involved static presentations.
It is an object of the invention to enable the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator to spontaneously place text onto a computer and/or video screen utilizing visual aid software programs created specifically for use with the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator visual aid software programs, or for placing text into existing third-party, commercially available visual aid software programs such as Power Point™ and Slide Show™.
It is an object of the invention to enable a question from the audience and the answer from the speaker to be spontaneously displayed on the computer projector screen utilizing the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator technology.
It is an object of the invention to enable the speaker to quickly correct mistakes made by the voice recognition software for words displayed incorrectly on the computer projection screen. The standard computer keyboard could be used for this purpose. These corrections could also be made verbally by using the voice recognition software to identify the incorrect word and correct its spelling. A switch would be used to initiate correction using voice recognition software.
Accordingly, the invented live-presentation utterance-capture system includes a microphone accessible to a speaker at a live presentation; a voice-recognition mechanism configured linguistically to interpret a vocal utterance received at the microphone from the speaker; a database mechanism configured to store the linguistic interpretation of the vocal utterance in a visual form; and, optionally, a presentation mechanism configured to present to an audience at the live presentation a visual representation of the vocal utterance in the visual form. The live lecture notes capture and presentation method includes storing a visual presentation in a memory; converting the visual presentation to a slide show; presenting the slide show to a live audience; vocally augmenting the slide show using a microphone and voice recognition mechanism and storing a representation of the vocal augmentation in a memory; converting the stored augmentation to slide-show compatible visual presentation that annotates the slide show; and storing the annotated slide show including the representation of the vocal augmentation in a memory. Live audiovisual presentation point capture/display apparatus includes a computer equipped with a microphone; a memory associated with the computer; software instructions residing in the memory and executing in the computer, the software instructions configured to recognize and store in text form an utterance received from a live speaker at the microphone; and a display mechanism configured to display to a live audience the stored text representing the utterance.
The Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator solves the problem of 'static' audiovisual/oral presentations by utilizing voice recognition software, unique Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software and existing computer presentation software or newly created computer presentation software. With Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator, the presenter can instantly display text onto the screen without typing the words into a text document using a word processor. The presenter simply actuates a switch operatively connected with the computer, e.g. with a soft PC button, and, while the button is 'depressed', the spoken words immediately appear via voice recognition software on the screen. These words or text can then be modified for errors and changed in style or appearance (e.g. font, boldface, italic, size, color, etc.) as is usually done in the creation of any oral presentation or slide show. These changes are done from the computer in use or from a conveniently located control panel connected to the PC.
The tremendous advantage of using Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator in any oral presentation is that it returns control of the presentation to the presenter. The presenter controls the lecture/oral presentation rather than the computer projection software controlling the presenter. Thus, the prior art problems are eliminated and spontaneity and interest return to the presentation. The Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator vastly improves lectures and oral presentations of all types.
The Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator applies to the field of computerized visual aid software programs used in support of oral presentations and lectures. These types of visual aid software programs are most commonly called Power Point™ (for PCs) and Slide Show™ (for Apple� computers). There are other commercially available visual aid software programs in use today, and the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator can be adapted for use with any of these oral presentation visual aid software programs.
The invention herein described called Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator utilizes voice recognition software and a microphone connected to a computer. When a person delivers a verbal presentation such as a lecture, sales presentation, student project, report and so forth, the person places the microphone in a convenient spot for adequate reception and the voice signal is delivered to the computer and the open voice recognition application software. This program converts the spoken words from the presentation into digital words in an open text document such as Microsoft� WORD™. The purpose of this conversion is two-fold. First, a complete record of the words used in the presentation is created for storage and later review, edit, re-presentation or website posting. In the field, this record could be electronically delivered to a class web site, for example, for later review by students in the class (particularly students with hearing impairments or difficulty in understanding the language or accent used by the instructor). The second purpose of the conversion of verbally spoken words into digital words in a text document is for the instantaneous display of selected words onto a screen by a computer projector during the live presentation. This second purpose is the primary use for the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator and is described in further detail below.
Software programs such as Power Point™ (for PC's) and Slide Show™ (for Apple� computers) are frequently used to enhance a verbal presentation. Like the use of a poster board, black or white board, and overhead projector and transparency, the computer visual aid program significantly improves the presentation. These computer visual aids also significantly improved the prior art of visual aids when they were introduced for use a few years ago. However, these computer visual aids in use heretofore suffer a limitation that is shared by all known prior art in the field. This limitation is that they are 'static' in nature. All visual aids in the prior art display words and graphics onto a screen or board which do not individually change. The speaker or presenter simply refers to these words and reads them to the audience or talks about the subject introduced by the words. Many times the introduced topic is followed by key points associated with the topic and the presenter simply reads these follow-up key words to the audience. This produces a very 'dry' and boring lecture/presentation that also results in a lack of attention from the audience.
Another negative effect of the 'static' nature of prior art visual aids presentations is that after the presentation is completed the visual aid is stored for use again in the future without revision, improvement, or changes reflecting questions or additional points raised during the presentation. Thus, when the visual aid is used again in the future it remains the same as before and thus is 'static' in its use. In the field of education, this is very detrimental as it produces lectures that do not change and that do not reflect new information or questions of interest to the student. The only way the computerized visual aid individual frame will change or improve is if the presenter (or author) opens the program later and enters changes into each of the frames of the presentation after the presentation is given. This is often not practical to do because of time constraints or neglect, and so the presentation most commonly remains the same for use again. This invention solves this problem and produces a 'dynamic', computer-based visual aid.
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that PC 102 preferably also has installed in its memory a licensed copy of the invented Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 described and illustrated herein. The function of Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 is two-fold. First, as the digital text output from voice recognition software 108 enters Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110, the recognized words are first directed to a recognized voice capture buffer 112 for temporary storage of a digital representation of the words spoken by the presenter. When the presenter wants to record the spoken word that is being buffered, he or she simply depresses a first switch S1 (e.g. a thumb-actuated, momentary pushbutton switch shown in
Another purpose of Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 is selectively to direct words, phrases and/or sentences to a video screen for visual presentation by use of a second switch S2. Thus, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the contents of outline/annotate document 114, stored document 116 and annotated document 120 are fed to second switch S2 for the purpose of conveying one of the three documents' contents to a slide sequencer 122. Slide sequencer 122 will be understood by those of skill in the art to represent an application software mechanism configured to prepare the content of the document selected by the presenter for display via a computer slide projector 124 on a video screen 126. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that slide sequencer 122, which may be custom software or which may be off-the-shelf canned software such as Power Point™ or Slide Show™, thus preferably includes or is augmented with projector software programmed to operate compatibly with any and all present and future computer projectors.
Thus the second function of Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 is to direct the document selected by the presenter to three-way switch S2 that is now positioned to send the selected words to the visual aid program or slide sequencer 122 or any other commercially available visual aid program for computers. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that mixer software 118 preferably is programmed to accept outline/annotate document 114 from voice recognition software 108 and to properly position the outline/annotate content thereof relative to the visual frame or outline represented by stored document 116 to produce annotated document 120 the contents of which are a desirable blend or mix of the stored document, e.g. the canned presentation, and the outline/annotate document, e.g. the spontaneous presentation. Thus, the contents selected for display by the presenter automatically appear in a desired location and sequence in the ongoing Power Point™ or Slide Show™ presentation. Again, the output of slide sequencer 122 is directed to computer slide projector 124 for display on video screen 126 for the live audience to observe.
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that Power Point™ applications can be controlled from another application such as the invented Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 by use of such shareware as is described and available at www.bacuslabs.com/activexcontrol.html, www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppactivex.html or www.anydraw.com/. A description of ActiveX and COM is available at www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx and a tutorial that illustrates how to programmatically control Power Point™ from another application can be found at www.codeguru.com/cpp/com-tech/activex/tutorials/article.php/c5569/. These websites provide information that straightforwardly enables one of skill in the art to program mixer 118 and slide sequencer 122 to operate as described and illustrated herein to mix or blend content from two different sources within a Power Point™ file. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that similar tools are available for alternative presentation applications such as Slide Show™.
For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the outline/annotate portion of the lecture that is spontaneously produced by the voice recognition software is overlaid within a text box that appears on video screen 126. Such is done by following the INDEZINE tutorial "Creating Editable Text Box Objects." These editable text box objects can be 'typed' in, effectively, while a Power Point™ show is running, by the presenter simply voicing an outline or notes into microphone 106 and voice recognition software 108. Thus, the output of voice recognition software 108 becomes the text equivalent of typing and is the input to the editable text box that is rendered visible on video screen 126.
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that other overlay mechanisms for mixing or blending spoken outlines of notes and canned AV presentations are within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, a so-called 'Times Square' display similar to close captioning of television broadcasts could be used to convey the spoken portion of the presentation on the video screen, or the outline or notes could be interspersed with the canned AV presentation instead of being collected in a text box overlay, by the simple expedient of the presenter using a cursor control device to indicate where the spoken text should appear on the video screen. Such interspersed notes could be readily distinguished from the canned presentation by being presented in different fonts or sizes or styles or colors, etc.
Those of skill in the art also will appreciate that any one or more of outline/annotate document 114, stored document 116 and annotated document 120 can be provided over the world-wide web, or Internet, 128. Thus, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 includes a webpage mechanism 130 for providing remote access to one or more of the documents, as illustrated. This permits students or audience members who attended or failed to attend a lecture or other live presentation to gain access to the lecture or presentation in substantially the same form it might have been viewed in the live presentation. The advantage, of course, by virtue of the present invention, is that the student or audience member who accesses the document over the Internet benefits also from whatever annotations that may have been made, whether before, during or after the presentation.
Off-the-shelf voice recognition software is not perfect in the recognition of spoken words and the conversion thereof to digital text. But these programs have dramatically improved in recent time and further improvements are contemplated. They are predicted to operate so effectively soon that they will become part of all commercially available PC OSs. At that time the use of voice recognition software by individuals will reach new levels of acceptance and nearly universal use. As an individual uses a single computer equipped with voice recognition software the so-called 'smart' voice recognition software produces fewer errors with time, enabling the user to make fewer corrections in the resulting text in the output word document. Nevertheless, the output of these programs will never be perfect and will always need modification or correction.
Thus, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an edit feature is provided within Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 in the form of a correction and modification or annotation edit panel 132. Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 thus is equipped to receive inputs from PC 102 via a keyboard, touchpad and/or mouse (not shown for the sake of clarity) associated with PC 102 to correct the erroneous word or words in the final output on video screen 126. Voice-activated corrections also or instead can be entered into the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 via microphone 106 and voice recognition software 108. An additional use of the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software annotation edit panel 132 would be to allow the presenter to change selected text characteristics, e.g. font, size, color, boldface, underscore, italics, etc.
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that panel 132 can include a hardware counterpart that is wired or wirelessly connected to PC 102 so that the presenter conveniently can operate the annotation edit functions at some distance from PC 102. Those of skill in the art will also appreciate that pushbutton switch S1 can be separately provided at the end of a cord for portability, or it may be integrated functionally into panel 132 for portable control via the former of which selective voice segments are recorded in annotate/outline document 114 as well as for portable control via the latter of the quality of the voice recognition/conversion process.
When switch S2 is set to convey outline/annotate document 114 to slide sequencer 122 (switch S2 in the 1 O'clock position shown as a dashed line in
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that switch S2 represents a switching or selection function that is preferably provided as a part of software 110. Accordingly, the switch can take any suitable form, e.g. it may be a mode control switch programmed into a keyboard operatively coupled with PC 102, or it may be a macro that is invokes by the presenter as a part of a pop-up or pull-down menu, or it may be a reserved key that is treated as a special function key, or it may be a cursor control key cluster, etc. Any suitable hardware, firmware or software form of switch S2 is contemplated as being within the spirit and scope of the invention.
Alternatively, but within the spirit and scope of the invention, only that which is spoken into voice recognition software 108 can be formulated into an outline/annotate document for presentation via a slide projector onto a video screen. In other words, one embodiment of the invention would require no stored document, mixer or annotated document or even switch, but instead would directly convey the output of outline/annotate document 114 produced from voice recognition software 108 through slide sequencer 122 and slide projector 124 onto video screen 126, thereby making appropriate use of voice recognition software in making a simple oral presentation that is visually interpreted on a video screen. Such a lecture could nevertheless be accessed and viewed or listened to online via Internet 128 and website interface mechanism 130, as illustrated in
Preferably, however, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, annotated document 120 is selected for display on video screen 126, thus giving the audience members the benefit not only of the presenter's original concepts but also the benefit of the audience's participation at the live presentation in a rich, real-time display of text, graphic, flash, multimedia and/or other content representing a dynamic interaction between presenter and audience.
Thus, the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator invention produces a "dynamic" visual aid presentation significantly improving the usefulness and operation of all current computer visual aid programs. The invention thus greatly increases the involvement of the audience in the presentation and the attentiveness of the audience. Participation by the members of the audience is maximized by placing switch S2 in the position that directs the annotated output to slide sequencer 122. Here the audience member asks a question or makes a comment for the presenter. The presenter then activates first switch S1 and repeats the question or comment for subsequent or concurrent display on video screen 126 along with the contents of original stored document 116 in the form of annotated document 120. The presenter then answers the question or clarifies the comment and optionally displays this text on the screen as well (by activating switch S2), in real-time response to the annotation function of voice recognition software 108 and mixer 118.
Such live interaction motivates the audience members to participate in the presentation or lecture, which is a universal problem in education and any verbal presentation. This is another feature of the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator invention that produces what will be referred to herein as a "dynamic" visual aid program. This feature of the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator invention further distinguishes the invention over the prior art.
Finally, outline/annotate document 114 and/or stored document 116 and/or annotated document 120 representing the alternative versions of the text and graphics displayed on the video screen 126 can be transferred to the Internet 128 for display on a class web site or to the presenter's own web page. Such is rendered possible by inclusion in Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 of a webpage mechanism 130, as is schematically illustrated between Internet 126 and documents 114, 116, 118. This enables the class members—particularly ones with difficulty understanding the voice of the presenter due to hearing disabilities or accents—to comprehend the lecture given by the presenter. The students can review the lecture for any reason, improving their learning and retention. Also, the presenter can review the lecture and notes optionally or selectively and permanently to incorporate the questions and comments captured by the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator software 110 within the visual aid program for future use. This is yet another way that the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator invention changes the prior art from operating 'statically' to evolving in time 'dynamically'.
All of these improvements in the operation of the prior art in the field of computer visual aids will dramatically improve oral presentations. This invention will drastically improve educational, sales, and other motivational and inspirational oral presentations. The invention represents the future of visual aid use in the world today.
The method of capturing and presenting live lecture notes will be understood to include the steps indicated as blocks in the flowchart of
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that one or more live audience members can input to the vocal augmentation step, as indicated at block 214. Such might involve engaging the live audience member in a vocal dialog, wherein a representation of the vocal dialog is stored as a vocal augmentation of the slide show in the memory. Those of skill in the art will also appreciate that blocks 206, 208, 210, 212 are repeatable, as indicated by the directed arrow in
It will be understood that the present invention is not limited to the method or detail of construction, fabrication, material, application or use described and illustrated herein. Indeed, any suitable variation of fabrication, use, or application is contemplated as an alternative embodiment, and thus is within the spirit and scope, of the invention.
From the foregoing, those of skill in the art will appreciate that several advantages of the present invention include the following.
Illustrative of the important advantage of the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator invention is that it converts any of these computerized visual aid software programs into a "dynamic" and instantaneously changing utility. Through the use of this new technology, the oral presentation becomes spontaneous and evolving rather than static and boring. This dramatically improves the desired outcome of the lecture/oral presentation, in that it further increases the viewer's attention to and retention of the presentation. Also, improvements made by live-presentation annotations created by the Instant Point™ Outliner/Annotator on a visual aid frame will be stored and available for the next presentation. The computerized program projected onto the screen will improve naturally much like evolution and natural selection in biology.
It is further intended that any other embodiments of the present invention that result from any changes in application or method of use or operation, method of manufacture, shape, size, or material which are not specified within the detailed written description or illustrations contained herein yet are considered apparent or obvious to one skilled in the art are within the scope of the present invention.
Finally, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the invented method, system and apparatus described and illustrated herein may be implemented in software, firmware or hardware, or any suitable combination thereof. Preferably, the method system and apparatus are implemented in a combination of the three, for purposes of low cost and flexibility. Thus, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the method, system and apparatus of the invention may be implemented by a computer or microprocessor process in which instructions are executed, the instructions being stored for execution on a computer-readable medium and being executed by any suitable instruction processor.
Accordingly, while the present invention has been shown and described with reference to the foregoing embodiments of the invented apparatus, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
It will be understood that the present invention is not limited to the method or detail of construction, fabrication, material, application or use described and illustrated herein. Indeed, any suitable variation of fabrication, use, or application is contemplated as an alternative embodiment, and thus is within the spirit and scope, of the invention.
It is further intended that any other embodiments of the present invention that result from any changes in application or method of use or operation, configuration, method of manufacture, shape, size, or material, which are not specified within the detailed written description or illustrations contained herein yet would be understood by one skilled in the art, are within the scope of the present invention.
Finally, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the invented method, system and apparatus described and illustrated herein may be implemented in software, firmware or hardware, or any suitable combination thereof. Preferably, the method system and apparatus are implemented in a combination of the three, for purposes of low cost and flexibility. Thus, those of skill in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the methods and system of the invention may be implemented by a computer or microprocessor process in which instructions are executed, the instructions being stored for execution on a computer-readable medium and being executed by any suitable instruction processor.
Accordingly, while the present invention has been shown and described with reference to the foregoing embodiments of the invented apparatus, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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Story by Ben Jacklet
A lot has changed in Oregon business over the past 30 years. And it isn't just the bushy moustaches, the plaid slacks or the ads for new-fangled gizmos like the $13,385 Durango F-85 desktop computer, a futuristic machine able to "do all your accounting, maintain inventory control, perform job costing, sales analysis and much more!"
In 1981, Oregon had eight publicly traded wood products companies: Georgia Pacific, Louisiana Pacific, Willamette Industries, Pope & Talbot, Alpine, Bohemia, Dant & Russell and Medford Corp. It was a formidable group led by Georgia Pacific, a $5.4 billion business and the largest timber company in the world. Willamette and L-P also topped a billion dollars in annual sales. The state hummed with mills.
Georgia Pacific was the first to leave, departing for Atlanta in 1982. Then Alpine and Dant & Russell folded. Next, Texas millionaire Harold Simmons bought Medford Corp. in a hostile takeover. Willamette bought Bohemia in 1991, only to be bought in a hostile takeover by Weyerhaeuser, based in Washington, in 2002. Louisiana Pacific left Portland for Nashville in 2004. That left Pope & Talbot, which declared bankruptcy in 2008.
It isn't just the timber industry that has seen seismic shifts. After Georgia Pacific left, the top six Oregon-based public companies were the utility PacifiCorp, the retailer Fred Meyer, the tech giant Tektronix, U.S. Bancorp, and L-P and Willamette. These companies employed a combined 85,000 people in 1986. Not one survives as an Oregon-based business today.
In 1982, FLIR Systems was a struggling startup looking for investors. Wieden+Kennedy was an untested ad shop with one client. Leatherman Tool Group was an idea in the making. Tripwire, Ziba Design, New Seasons Market, Laika, HemCon, Gerding Edlen, WellPartner, Jive Software and Puppet Labs did not exist. Intel was a fairly minor employer in Oregon.
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Studio available for short term rentals. 1 of 3 spaces available for rent on this property. Located 1/2 mile off Hwy 33, 2 miles from downtown Ojai. In a natural, country setting. This space is below another unit we have for rent. Learn More
Studio space with comfortable queen bed, shower, kitchenette (microwave, mini fridge, coffee pot), air conditioning, Flat Screen Tv ( Direct TV with premium channels), Wifi. BBQ in common space area. This rental is 1 of 3 available on this property. The loft space sits above this studio, this rental is not completely sound proof. You will hear footsteps above you if the loft has been rented. We do ask the loft renters to remove their shoes and keep quiet after 10pm. The main house (w...
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Private suite with two bedrooms & one full bath. It has its own hand-carved wood front courtyard door. A mediterranean-style courtyard with a large fountain and hammock is yours to use. One bedroom has a queen-size memory foam bed. The other bedroom has a trundle bed. The beds are extremely comfortable. The bathroom is beautifully tiled, true to the hacienda feel of oak haven. There's a small refrigerator in a cabinet in the hallway in which you'll find cold water infused with cucumbers...
The Ojai Valley is nestled between coastal mountains with awe inspiring views and only 25 minutes from the ocean. The Studio sits in a rare downtown location on a quiet tree-lined street just a block from the best part of downtown. Parking your car once and not moving it all weekend is easy to do. Unwind. The cottage has been designed to give you a relaxing stay. It has been recently renovated with a wide open floor plan and attention to detail and style but above all comfort. The cottage ...
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Wabi Sabi House is nestled in the most sought after location in the Ojai Valley, the fabled East End, where Krishnamurti himself used to take his daily constitutional. The East of Ojai, where the Chumash thrived for 10,000 years, is the part of Ojai that Aldus Huxley, Jackson Pollock, and John Lennon have come to rest while in California. The large parcels of land, and ample privacy still allow for a lone bike ride along a lush, breathtaking road, undisturbed. Drenched in sunlight and twe...
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A delightful haven for you and a loved one (or overflow for holiday guests), this island-flavored artists' nook is a perfect hideaway. Sink into the generous clawfoot tub (shower too), light the candles and sip a glass of wine. Cook a romantic alfresco meal in the kitchen/dining room. The oversized log bed (queen) begs to be stretched out in with a good book. We are a 100% Smoke-free property as well. All the fun and ease of living in beautiful downtown Ojai, sans responsibilities! Steps ...
Casa La Luna, a little hideaway tucked away on La Luna Ave, is an independent studio featuring an organic queen bed, wood floors & private bathroom. Enjoy the Starbucks brewer, mini fridge, tea kettle, wifi, & cable/Netflix/HBO GO on a smart TV! Learn More
Casa La Luna is an independent studio with it's own bathroom, large double closet with a mini fridge/separate freezer and separate coffee/tea prep area. It sleeps two people. There is a two night minimum stay on Friday and Saturday nights. Recently renovated, Casa La Luna features unique wood floors, lovely natural wood shades with separate privacy liners, several shades of soothing gray walls and windows along both sides of the studio. Furnished with a modern bohemian aesthetic, the stu...
Nestled in the foothills of the stunning Topa Topa Mountains, you will find our charming peaceful serene and of course romantic surroundings of our Lodgepine Cabin~ situated next to the Salt ~Solar Pool on just under an acre of land in the pristine Ojai Valley.The pine aroma of the cabin combined with the scents of all the blossom from the Orange Groves and flowering trees creates a natural aromatherapy relaxing feeling. The cabin is decorated in authentic native American decor in a tasteful ...
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Our grandparents built the "BBQ House" as a separate place on the property to entertain. We have since converted it to a private, tranquil studio cottage under a cathedral of mature oaks. Bordered by a creek and orange orchards. Ojai beauty! Learn More
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Bulgarian MPs Return to Work for No-Confidence Motion on Friday
Lawmakers will have to gather in Bulgaria's Parliament to debate and vote on a no-confidence motion against the government, Parliament Speaker Mihail Mikov announced.
They are due to convene on Friday to discuss a motion of no confidence introduced by the opposition GERB party over the energy policies of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski's cabinet.
Friday's vote will be held despite the vacation imposed in Parliament by the upcoming European elections on May 25.
Under procedural rules, MPs are to begin debating on the motion in a week after it has been put forward, and GERB's text was introduced precisely last Friday.
Parliament Speaker Mihail Mikov, however, told Bulgaria's Darik Radio that it was only the debate that lawmakers were obliged to conduct in a week's time, while the vote could have a few days' delay.
"I don't see any point in bringing MPs back to work two times in the midst of elections," Mikov added, thus hinting the vote could be put off for next week, after the European elections have been held.
The motion submitted Friday has been the fourth one by now-opposition GERB, the center-right party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, since the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) came to power in May 2013.
Energy is a sector sparking huge controversy in Bulgaria over the past months, as the National Electricity Company (NEK) is believed to be in a state of technical default with debts still going up, but also as national regulator DKEVR and the electricity distribution companies (EDCs) are involved in a bitter dispute which at a certain point was on the verge of ending with power distributor's licenses suspended.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 05: Mike Ribeiro #63 of the Dallas Stars wiats for play against the Los Angeles Kings during the game at the Staples Center on March 5, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed free-agent forward Mike Ribeiro to a one-year, $1.05 million contract. "Mike is a talented veteran center who has produced offensively everywhere he has played," Poile said. "We have done our due diligence and believe Mike has a lot to offer to our team, improves us at our center ice position and will fit in with our group and contribute." Ribeiro, 34 (2/10/80), has amassed 656 points (202g-454a) in 865 career NHL games since the 1999-2000 season with Montreal, Dallas (with James Neal and Eric Nystrom), Washington and Phoenix. In 2013-14, the 6-0, 179-pound center registered 47 points (16g-31a) and he is just one season removed from producing at a point-per-game clip with Washington, posting 49 points (13g-36a) in 48 games in 2012-13.
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Then came the revelation: We put pure silicon gel around the gasket. It is the only substance we know of that could withstand the high temperatures. Voila', since doing so, the water tank can now be removed and replaced with only one human power needed! Yes, silicon is expensive, but you can purchase a very small quantity. Hope others find this tip useful. (Posted on 2/23/2015)
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For almost six years Greece has been on the cusp of financial disaster. Its Northern European and international creditors have extended loans, suspended interest payments and forgiven some debt.
But European lenders also have stubbornly kept to the old-fashioned principle that creditors freely borrowed their money from lenders, and therefore most borrowed money must be paid back, regardless of the current financial status of the debtors.
Adolf Hitler started World War II by attacking Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. Nazi Germany moved only after it had already remilitarized the Rhineland, absorbed Austria and dismantled Czechoslovakia.
Before the outbreak of the war, Hitler's new Third Reich had created the largest German-speaking nation in European history.
Well before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese government had redrawn the map of Asia and the Pacific. Japan had occupied or annexed Indochina, Korea, Manchuria and Taiwan, in addition to swaths of coastal China.
For a time, reset, concessions and appeasement work to delay wars. But finally, nations wake up, grasp their blunders, rearm and face down enemies. That gets dangerous.
The shocked aggressors cannot quite believe that their targets are suddenly serious and willing to punch back. Usually, the bullies foolishly press aggression, and war breaks out.
It was insane of Nazi Germany and its Axis partners to even imagine that they could defeat the Allied trio of Imperial Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States. But why not try?
Why did Rome and Byzantium fall apart after centuries of success? What causes civilizations to collapse, from a dysfunctional fourth-century-B.C. Athens to contemporary bankrupt Greece?
The answer is usually not enemies at the gates, but the pathologies inside them.
What ruins societies is well known: Too much consumption and not enough production, a debased currency and endemic corruption.
The Western capitulation to Adolf Hitler in the 1938 Munich Agreement is cited as classic appeasement that destroyed Czechoslovakia, backfired on France and Britain and led to World War II.
All of that is true.
But there was much more that caused the Munich debacle than simple Western naiveté. The full tragedy of that ill-fated agreement should warn us on the eve of the Obama's administration's gullible agreement with Iran on nuclear proliferation.
The snarky quip attributed to 19th-century French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand — "It was worse than a crime; it was a blunder" — has recently been making the rounds to deride a letter written by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and signed by 46 other senators.
They wrote to the Iranian theocracy that any agreement on nuclear proliferation negotiated with President Obama will not constitutionally bind the next administration — unless it is properly ratified by Congress.
What has gone wrong with the U.S. government in the past month? Just about everything, from the fundamental to the ridiculous.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United States to warn Congress about the dangers of a nuclear Iran. He spoke without the invitation of an irritated President Obama, who claimed that he did not even watch the address on television.
Obama declined to even meet with the Israeli prime minister, announcing that it would have been improper for him to have such a meeting so close to Netanyahu's re-election bid.
The GOP can't win in 2016 by thinking inside the box. The usual criteria for political success — plenty of New York and Washington IOUs, youthful vigor, good looks, glibness, access to lots of money — aren't sufficient any longer to galvanize the Republican party or get out the conservative vote.
Instead, the next Republican nominee should meet four criteria that are rarely mentioned.
■ To heck with the press:
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive order that overrode existing immigration law. The result is more acrimony and chaos.
It is a good time to remember that there are more than just two types of immigration, legal and illegal. There also exist liberal and illiberal approaches to immigration.
World War II was the most destructive war in history. What caused it?
The panic from the ongoing and worldwide Depression in the 1930s had empowered extremist movements the world over. Like-minded, violent dictators of otherwise quite different Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, and the Communist Soviet Union all wanted to attack their neighbors.
Yet World War II could have been prevented had Western Europe united to deter Germany. Instead, France, Britain, and the smaller European democracies appeased Hitler.
NBC Nightly News anchorman Brian Williams frequently fabricated a dramatic story that he was under enemy attack while reporting from Iraq. NBC is now investigating whether Williams also embellished events in New Orleans during his reporting on Hurricane Katrina.
Williams always plays the hero in his yarns, braving natural and hostile human enemies to deliver us the truth on the evening news.
Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather tried to pass off fake memos as authentic evidence about former President George W. Bush's supposedly checkered National Guard record.
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|3. La Boheme: Act One - Legna!
|4. La Boheme: Act One - Si può?
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I love this recording so much, of course Karajan is one iof the best conductors of all times, PAvarotti sings with probably the most beautiful and sweet voice; Mirella freni is a... Read morePublished on April 20 2004 by Ludmilla tellez
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"The Mother 2 tag line, by the way, is something that I took up when I became the president of Nintendo and aimed to expand the gaming population. You can say that expanding the gaming population includes making games for adults, children, and young ladies, right?"
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