Systems and methods for the visually impared
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a document in electronic form;
receiving user input regarding visual impairment; and
in response to one or more levels of visual impairment, automatically changing an appearance of said document, wherein said changing of said appearance of said document comprises increasing a size of characters in said document.
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Abstract
Embodiments herein provide/acquire a document in electronic form (e.g., by receiving, copying, retrieving from storage, scanning combined with optical character recognition, etc.) and receive user input regarding visual impairment. In response to one or more levels of user visual impairment, embodiments herein automatically change (for example, immediately after scanning text) an appearance of the document, without requiring any user input, other than the visual impairment input. More specifically, when changing the appearance of the document, embodiments herein can increase the size of characters in the document, change the contrast or coloring of the text and/or background, and provide text-to-speech conversion of the document, thereby (in one embodiment) producing audio output of the text-to-speech conversion in coordination with a corresponding portion of the document being displayed. When changing the appearance of the document, embodiments herein also reformat the document (e.g., around graphic elements) to accommodate the increased size of the characters.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a document in electronic form;
receiving user input regarding visual impairment; and
in response to one or more levels of visual impairment, automatically changing an appearance of said document, wherein said changing of said appearance of said document comprises increasing a size of characters in said document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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providing a document in electronic form;
receiving user input regarding visual impairment; and
in response to one or more levels of visual impairment, automatically changing an appearance of said document, wherein said changing of said appearance of said document comprises;
increasing a size of characters in said document;
providing text-to-speech conversion of said document; and
producing audio output of said text-to-speech conversion in coordination with a corresponding portion of said document being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a storage device adapted to store a document in electronic form;
a graphic user interface operatively connected to said storage device, wherein said graphic user interface is adapted to receive user input regarding visual impairment; and
a processor operatively connected to said graphic user interface, wherein said processor is adapted to, in response to one or more levels of visual impairment, automatically change an appearance of said document by increasing a size of characters in said document. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a storage device adapted to store a document in electronic form;
a graphic user interface operatively connected to said storage device, wherein said graphic user interface is adapted to receive user input regarding visual impairment; and
a processor operatively connected to said graphic user interface, wherein said processor is adapted to, in response to one or more levels of visual impairment, automatically change an appearance of said document by increasing a size of characters in said document;
a text-to-speech converter operatively connected to said processor, wherein said text-to-speech converter is adapted to convert text in said document into spoken words; and
an audio output operatively connected to said text-to-speech converter, wherein said audio output is adapted to, under control of said processor, output said spoken words of said document in coordination with a corresponding portion of said document being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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