READING SYSTEM HAVING RECURSIVE DICTIONARY AND TALKING HELP MENU

A reading machine includes computer program residing on a computer readable medium operable with an operating system that permits the production of windows on a display. The program has instructions for causing a computer to provide a first user selected call a first user selected routine in response to a user selecting a first word that the user seeks assistance in understanding and produce a text file for the first selected word comprised of data that assists the user call. An operating system routine commands the operating system to create a new window on the display and fill the new window on the display with the information contained in the text file. A second user selected call to a user selected routine can be provided for word that the user seeks assistance in understanding to provide a recursive enrichment feature.