ASSISTIVE READING INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A method of operating a computing device to verbally render information on a display, the method comprising:
- receiving user input indicating motion of a pointing device across the display, the motion crossing over content;
when the motion is in a first direction, verbally rendering information on the display in units of a first size; and
when the motion is in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, verbally rendering information on the display in units of a second size.
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Abstract
A screen reader for a computing device with a touch sensitive user interface. The screen reader operates in an investigatory mode in which touch inputs detected through the user interface are interpreted as inputs designating content on the display to verbally render. Each selection may be interpreted as designating a unit of content at the designated location. The size of the unit may be determined based on a direction of motion of pointing device arriving at the location on the display where the unit of content is designated. In this way, a user may, through simple and intuitively learned commands, designate content in units of different sizes such as characters, words, lines or paragraphs, when the content is text, and/or individual user interface elements when the displayed content being selected includes graphical elements.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a computing device to verbally render information on a display, the method comprising:
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receiving user input indicating motion of a pointing device across the display, the motion crossing over content; when the motion is in a first direction, verbally rendering information on the display in units of a first size; and when the motion is in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, verbally rendering information on the display in units of a second size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device having a display and a sound output, perform of method of operating a user interface, the method comprising:
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receiving values indicating indication of a location on the display with a pointing device; identifying a characteristic of motion of the location of the indication; identifying a unit of content based on the location of the indication; selecting content, including the identified unit of content, the selected content comprising a quantity of content that is selected based on the identified characteristic of the motion; and rendering verbally the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing device, comprising:
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a touch screen; a speaker; a processor to; receive from the touch screen input indicating activation of the touch screen with a pointing device; identify motion of the pointing device across the touch screen based on the received input; identify a unit of content displayed on the touch screen based on a location of activation of the touch screen; select content, including the identified unit of content, the selected content comprising a quantity of content that is selected based on a direction of motion of the pointing device across the touch screen; and generate control signals to the speaker to verbally render the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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