TRANSFORMING A TACTUALLY SELECTED USER INPUT INTO AN AUDIO OUTPUT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented process for transforming a user input into an audio output comprising:
- receiving an input signal from a contextual input device, the contextual input device comprising;
a plurality of tactually discernable keys disposed in a predetermined configuration, the predetermined configuration replicating a particular relationship among a plurality of items grouped together as a known physical object;
determining whether the input signal represents a selection of an item from among the plurality of items or an attribute pertaining to an item among the plurality of items;
transforming the input signal into an analog audio signal representing human speech;
outputting the analog audio signal representing human speech with an electro-acoustic transducer.
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Abstract
A contextual input device includes a plurality of tactually discernable keys disposed in a predetermined configuration which replicates a particular relationship among a plurality of items associated with a known physical object. The tactually discernable keys are typically labeled with Braille type. The known physical object is typically a collection of related items grouped together by some common relationship. A computer-implemented process determines whether a input signal represents a selection of an item from among a plurality of items or an attribute pertaining to an item among the plurality of items. Once the selected item or attribute pertaining to an item is determined, the computer-implemented process transforms a user'"'"'s selection from the input signal into an analog audio signal which is then audibly output as human speech with an electro-acoustic transducer.
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27 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented process for transforming a user input into an audio output comprising:
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receiving an input signal from a contextual input device, the contextual input device comprising; a plurality of tactually discernable keys disposed in a predetermined configuration, the predetermined configuration replicating a particular relationship among a plurality of items grouped together as a known physical object; determining whether the input signal represents a selection of an item from among the plurality of items or an attribute pertaining to an item among the plurality of items; transforming the input signal into an analog audio signal representing human speech; outputting the analog audio signal representing human speech with an electro-acoustic transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system for transforming a user input into an audio output comprising:
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one or more processors associated with the computer system; a contextual input device coupled to the one or more processors comprising a plurality of tactually discernable keys disposed in a predetermined configuration, the predetermined configuration replicating a particular relationship among a plurality of items grouped together as a known physical object; an audio processing subsystem coupled to the one or more processors; an electro-acoustic transducer coupled to the audio processing system; a memory coupled to the one or more processors comprising executable instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the one or more processors to; determine whether the input signal represents a selection of an item from among the plurality of items or an attribute pertaining to an item among the plurality of items; transform the input signal into an analog audio signal representing human speech; output the analog audio signal representing human speech with the electro-acoustic transducer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product embodied in a tangible form for transforming a user input into an audio output comprising executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors associated with a computer system causes the one or more processors to;
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receive an input signal from a contextual input device coupled to the one or more processors; determine whether the input signal represents a selection of an item from among the plurality of items or an attribute pertaining to an item among the plurality of items; transform the input signal into an analog audio signal representing human speech; output the analog audio signal representing human speech with the electro-acoustic transducer; wherein the contextual input device comprises a plurality of tactually discernable keys disposed in a predetermined configuration, the predetermined configuration replicating a particular relationship among a plurality of items grouped together as a known physical object. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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