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Multi-modal interaction for a screen magnifier

  • US 8,176,438 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2008
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for responding to multiple modes of user input in a screen magnifier application, the method comprising:

  • receiving input from one or more input devices, wherein the input devices comprise multiple modes of user input;

    determining whether the received input is a touch-based gesture, wherein a touch-based gesture is a gesture produced by a user touching at least two fingers to an input device;

    if the received input is a touch-based gesture,detecting a type of the gesture, andmodifying a magnified area based on the detected type of the gesture; and

    if the received input is not a touch-based gesture, modifying the magnified area based on the received input, wherein the screen magnifier application and a magnified application for which the screen magnifier application provides a magnified view are separate applications that run on top of an operation system.

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