8. The device of claim 1 wherein the touch sensitive surface is a touch screen display and the manual reading mode is further configured to aurally present a word to a user in response to a short press gesture performed over the word.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein the touch sensitive surface is a touch screen display and the manual reading mode is further configured to aurally present a word to a user in response to a short press gesture performed over the word. 9. The device of claim 8 wherein the manual reading mode is further configured to select the word in response to a first tap gesture performed after the word is aurally presented, navigate to a terminating word in response to one or more navigation gestures, and select all text between the word and the terminating word in response to a second tap gesture performed after the terminating word has been presented to the user.