Tactile overlays for screens
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1. An overlay for use with a screen having a display thereon, comprising at least one first tactilely readable area corresponding to a feature of a first graphical display on the screen.
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Abstract
An overlay for use with a video screen having a display thereon, comprising at least one first tactilely readable area corresponding to a feature of a first graphical display on the screen.
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24 Claims
- 1. An overlay for use with a screen having a display thereon, comprising at least one first tactilely readable area corresponding to a feature of a first graphical display on the screen.
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3. The overlay of claim 3, wherein the protrusions are Braille characters.
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10. An overlay for use with a screen, wherein the screen is a touch sensitive screen with a display containing touch selectable features thereon, comprising:
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a substantially transparent substrate for placement over the screen, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of areas on the substrate that are distinguishable from each other, wherein each area includes raised protrusions that correspond to a touch selectable feature of the display located substantially beneath the raised area on the display when the display is placed over the screen
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11. A tactile method for using a device having a touch sensitive screen that has a first display thereon, comprising:
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placing a first overlay on the screen, the first overlay corresponding to the first display on the screen and including a first tactilely readable area corresponding to a first selectable feature located in the first display on the screen;
determining a location of the first selectable feature on the screen by touching the first tactilely readable area on the overlay;
selecting the first selectable feature. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a device having a touch-sensitive screen;
an overlay for placing over the touch sensitive screen having distinguishable raised portions corresponding to features located on the screen;
a sound generating mechanism for alerting a user when a particular display is on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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