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Voice enabled screen reader

  • US 9,620,124 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2014
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a textual item in a user interface;

    associating a plurality of different audio files with the textual item, wherein the plurality of different audio files comprise a corresponding plurality of different audio announcements of the textual item;

    receiving, by a computing device, a first selection of the textual item in the user interface;

    determining a first one of the plurality of different audio files to use for audibly announcing the textual item, wherein the determining is based on a rule governing audio announcement in response to repeated selection of the textual item;

    causing playback of the first one of the plurality of different audio files based on the determining and responsive to the first selection of the textual item;

    receiving, by the computing device, a second selection of the textual item in the user interface;

    determining whether the second selection is a repeated selection of the textual item; and

    in response to determining that the second selection is a repeated selection of the textual item, causing playback of a second one of the plurality of different audio files responsive to the repeated selection of the textual item, wherein the second one of the plurality of different audio files comprises a different amount of explanatory speech than the first one of the plurality of different audio files.

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