Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – Audio user interface
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-20
2007-02-20
Vu, Kieu D. (Department: 2173)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
Audio user interface
C715S706000, C715S856000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10167869
ABSTRACT:
A method of navigating textual information via auditory indicators is provided. Through the pervasive and immediate articulation of virtually all textual elements in response to a comparatively passive action, such as a selection device rollover, a user may quickly peruse titles, headings, list items, and so on, as well as emphasized text, paragraphs, captions, and virtually any unit of visually contiguous text. A user may also hear a particular selected word via a slightly more active action, such as clicking a mouse button. Via use of this method, a child, or other user who may understand a language, but not be able to recognize its orthography, may successfully and easily navigate textual documents. The method also resumes articulation of text that has been stopped due to a passive deindication. The articulation is restarted approximately at the word where it was stopped.
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