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Touch-based exploration of maps for screen reader users

  • US 9,429,431 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2012
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for presenting map information to a user, the method comprising:

  • accessing a map, the map including a set of paths;

    receiving, via a touchscreen, touch pad, or computer mouse of an electronic device, an input from the user;

    determining an input-space point within an input space corresponding to the input;

    associating the input-space point with a geographic location identified by the map;

    receiving, via the touchscreen, touch pad, or computer mouse of the electronic device, an input trajectory from the user that is initiated at the input-space point; and

    providing, via an output component of the electronic device, non-visual output that characterizes a degree to which the input trajectory tracks a path of the set of paths, wherein the non-visual output indicates whether the input trajectory is veering off of the path, the path being associated with a previous input.

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