System and method to enable blind people to have access to information printed on a physical document
First Claim
1. A method for use in a user system, for accessing information related to a physical document, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a physical document;
identifying and locating an electronic copy of said identified document;
identifying one or a plurality of pages of said physical document and identifying a part of the identified physical document using the position of points on said identified pages;
retrieving from the electronic copy of the physical document, data related to the selected part of the document;
presenting said retrieved data visually or orally on the user system.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a user system, a method for use in a user system, and a computer program for accessing information related to a physical document. The method comprises the steps of: identifying a physical document; identifying and locating an electronic copy of said identified document; identifying one or a plurality of pages of said physical document and identifying a part of the identified physical document using the position of points pressed on a touch foil successively placed and aligned over or under said identified pages; retrieving from the electronic copy of the physical document, data related to the selected part of the document; presenting said retrieved data visually or orally on the user workstation.
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1. A method for use in a user system, for accessing information related to a physical document, said method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a physical document;
identifying and locating an electronic copy of said identified document;
identifying one or a plurality of pages of said physical document and identifying a part of the identified physical document using the position of points on said identified pages;
retrieving from the electronic copy of the physical document, data related to the selected part of the document;
presenting said retrieved data visually or orally on the user system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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