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Device, method, and graphical user interface for integrating recognition of handwriting gestures with a screen reader

  • US 10,013,162 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2017
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a display;

    a touch-sensitive surface;

    one or more processors;

    memory; and

    one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

    while the electronic device is in a screen reader accessibility mode;

    displaying a character input area and a keyboard on the display, the keyboard including a plurality of key icons;

    detecting a sequence of one or more gestures on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to one or more characters, wherein;

    a respective gesture of the one or more gestures that corresponds to a respective character is a single finger gesture that moves across the touch-sensitive surface along a respective path that corresponds to the respective character, andthe respective path traverses one or more locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to one or more key icons of the plurality of key icons without activating the one or more key icons; and

    in response to detecting the respective gesture, entering the corresponding respective character in the character input area of the display.

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