System and method for auditorially representing pages of HTML data
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1. A method of representing HTML documents auditorially, the HTML document including text and at least one HTML tag, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning a sound to an HTNL tag encountered in a document (214);
(b) producing the assigned sound whenever the HTML tag associated with the sound is encountered (218); and
(c) producing speech representing text encountered in the HTML document (220).
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Abstract
Representing HTML documents audibly includes the steps of assigning (214) unique sounds to HTML tags and events encountered in an HTML document, producing the associated sounds whenever those tags or events are encountered (218), and representing encountered text as speech (220). Speech and non-speech sounds may be produced simultaneously or substantially simultaneously. A corresponding system (10) is also disclosed.
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1. A method of representing HTML documents auditorially, the HTML document including text and at least one HTML tag, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning a sound to an HTNL tag encountered in a document (214); (b) producing the assigned sound whenever the HTML tag associated with the sound is encountered (218); and (c) producing speech representing text encountered in the HTML document (220). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for representing HTML documents auditorially, the system comprising:
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a parser (12) receiving a HTNL document and outputting a tree representing the received document; and a reader (14) using the tree to produce sound representing the text and tags contained in the HTML document. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture having computer-readable program means for representing HTML documents auditorially embodied thereon, the HTML document including text and at least one HTML tag, the article of manufacture comprising:
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(a) computer-readable program means (214) for assigning a unique sound to an HTML tag encountered in a document; (b) computer-readable program means (218) for producing the assigned sound whenever the HTML tag associated with the sound is encountered; and (c) computer-readable program means (220) for producing speech representing text encountered in the HTML document. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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