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Application No. 08/479,569
generates an audio description of topics, i.e., the features that
the examiner relies upon in Ludwig. Thus, we find Ludwig to be
cumulative to Reed. Because Reed does not illustrate the
disclosed help system, we find that one of ordinary skill in the
art would have been motivated to use the specific help system
taught by Microsoft, in Reed, who teaches that a multimedia
computer system should have a help system.
As to the issue of using audio help instead of textual help,
we find that Reed's multimedia computer system retrieves audio
and video information, in addition to textual information.
Because Reed specifically teaches audio pronunciation of text;
that text be accompanied by separate icons providing audio, and
separate icons providing moving pictures, we find that upon
providing Reed with the help system of Microsoft, that the help
would be in the form of text, icons for audio, and icons for
motion pictures, because this is how Reed provides information to
the user of the system. Claim 54, as drafted, uses the
transitional phrase "comprising" and does not preclude the use of
both text, audio, and moving pictures. Thus, we find that claim
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