System and method to enable blind people to have access to information printed on a physical document
First Claim
1. A method for use in a user system, for accessing information related to a physical document, said method comprising:
- identifying an existing physical document;
after said identifying the existing physical document, identifying and locating an electronic copy of said identified existing physical document, wherein the electronic copy of the document is an exact replica of the physical document;
identifying one page or a plurality of pages of said physical document;
identifying a selected part of the physical document using the position of points on said identified one page or a plurality of pages;
in response to said identifying the selected part of the physical document using the position of points on said identified one page or a plurality of pages, retrieving, from the electronic copy of the physical document, data related to the selected part of the physical document;
presenting said retrieved data visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, wherein said presenting said retrieved data visually is configured to enable the visually impaired person to see said retrieved data, and wherein said presenting said retrieved data orally is configured to enable the blind person to hear said retrieved data.
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Abstract
A method and system for use in a user system, for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. One or more pages of the physical document are identified. A selected part of the physical document is identified using the position of points on the identified one or more pages of the physical document and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for use in a user system, for accessing information related to a physical document, said method comprising:
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identifying an existing physical document; after said identifying the existing physical document, identifying and locating an electronic copy of said identified existing physical document, wherein the electronic copy of the document is an exact replica of the physical document; identifying one page or a plurality of pages of said physical document; identifying a selected part of the physical document using the position of points on said identified one page or a plurality of pages; in response to said identifying the selected part of the physical document using the position of points on said identified one page or a plurality of pages, retrieving, from the electronic copy of the physical document, data related to the selected part of the physical document; presenting said retrieved data visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, wherein said presenting said retrieved data visually is configured to enable the visually impaired person to see said retrieved data, and wherein said presenting said retrieved data orally is configured to enable the blind person to hear said retrieved data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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