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Adaptive technique for sightless accessibility of dynamic web content

  • US 8,103,956 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2008
  • Issued: 01/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for adaptively improving accessibility of dynamic web content by tracking navigation actions performed by a user on a computer system accessing a webpage, comprising:

  • determining a screen reader position of focus on the webpage;

    monitoring the webpage for a rendering of dynamic content within the webpage;

    detecting the dynamic content rendered subsequent to a rendering of the webpage and at a content position other than the screen reader position of focus; and

    inserting an object within the previously rendered webpage at the screen reader position of focus responsive to the dynamic content being rendered, wherein the object has attributes of a background of the website, the object is distinct from the dynamic content, the object is not visible on the webpage, and the object comprises text readable by the screen reader describing the dynamic content.

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