Abstract: The present application is directed at the conversion of text to visual speech, and in particular its application to the provision of educational, instructional or technical information. The technique uses a library of pre-recorded video. The pre-recorded video contains spoken words and phrases. A desired piece of text is provided as an input and a video is assembled from the pre-recorded video by identifying appropriate video segments from the input text.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of educating a user about the use of a website. The method includes the step of obtaining interactive web content from the website, and displaying the interactive web content to the user, along with information educating the user about how to interact with the website. The method then further includes receiving user input for a user interaction with the web content. The user interaction is assessed, to determine if it is in accordance with the information presented to the user. If so, the interaction is transmitted to the website. The present invention has particular application to social networking websites, and educating a user about behavioral and ethical issues associated with social networking online.