16. A computer program product for implementing within a computer system a method for utilizing an electronic reader to provide output by the electronic reader at a rate corresponding to a user in order to overcome a lack of user-specific focus, the computer program product comprising: a computer-readable, non-transitory medium for providing computer program code means utilized to implement the method, wherein the computer program code means is comprised of executable code for implementing the steps for: providing, by a processor of the computer system, a text for digital access within the computer system, the computer system comprising a tactile input device and a visually perceptible output device; and emphasizing, by the processor, a word of the text when the word is selected through the use of the tactile input device, wherein the emphasizing of the word includes implementing: a first mode in which the word is visually distinguished on the visually perceptible output device from a neighboring word when a pointer passes over or near the word from any direction, and in which the word is audibly and visually emphasized at a rate determined by the user when the pointer specifically passes over or near the word in a reading direction, wherein the system is configured to require the pointer to pass over or near the word in the reading direction in order for the word to be both audibly and visually emphasized.
18. The computer program product of claim 16 , further comprising executable code for implementing a third mode in which the word is visually distinguished from the neighboring word when the pointer passes over or near the word from any direction, and in which the word is not audibly emphasized.