Web accessibility assistant
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1. An article of manufacture in computer readable form comprising means for performing a method for operating, in a computer system having a keyboard and a display screen, a program that accepts mouse clicks by substituting keyboard entries for mouse clicks, said method comprising the steps of:
- associating a keystroke combination with at least one URL; and
responding to said keystroke combination by substituting therefor a corresponding mouse click, whereby said program responds to said mouse click.
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Abstract
A utility computer program to make the web accessible to users who cannot use a mouse filters a web page and adds code to trigger all URLs in the page with a 2-character key code, display the code on the screen, add and display key codes to images that are links, and cause all URLs to call the program when exercised, so that the next web page accessed is also filtered.
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1. An article of manufacture in computer readable form comprising means for performing a method for operating, in a computer system having a keyboard and a display screen, a program that accepts mouse clicks by substituting keyboard entries for mouse clicks, said method comprising the steps of:
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associating a keystroke combination with at least one URL; and
responding to said keystroke combination by substituting therefor a corresponding mouse click, whereby said program responds to said mouse click. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for operating, in a computer system having a keyboard and a display screen, a program that accepts mouse clicks by substituting keyboard entries for mouse clicks, comprising the steps of:
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associating a keystroke combination with at least one URL; and
responding to said keystroke combination by substituting therefor a corresponding mouse click, whereby said program responds to said mouse click. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer system having a keyboard, a display screen interface circuitry for communicating with other data processing systems that employ URLs for identification and a program that accepts mouse clicks by substituting keyboard entries for mouse clicks, the program being adapted for carrying out a method comprising the steps of:
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associating a keystroke combination with at least one URL; and
responding to said keystroke combination by substituting therefor a corresponding mouse click, whereby said program responds to said mouse click. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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