Techniques to present a user interface for the visually impaired
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsJarnail Chudge, Tinisha Rocca, Joanna Mabbitt, Helen Day, Simon Middlemiss, Stuart McCarthy
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Abstract
Techniques to provide a user interface usable by anyone including the visually impaired are disclosed. Embodiments include dividing a display area of an electronic device into a workspace comprising a plurality of sections; associating each section with a different category; displaying a pane in a section including information for the associated category; receiving a touch gesture on a pane for a section; and outputting an audio signal comprising information of the pane. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and user interface (UI) logic comprising a workspace component operative on the processor to:
- divide a display area of the apparatus into a workspace comprising a plurality of sections;
- divide at least one section into a plurality of subsections;
- map an audible scale of frequencies to the plurality of subsections;
- associate each section and subsection with a different category;
- display a pane in a section having information for the associated category;
- receive a touch gesture on a pane;
- and
- output an audio signal having an audible tone mapped to the subsection of the section of the pane, the audible tone being followed by speech data to read out information about the mapped subsection of the section of the pane, an amount of the information corresponding to at least two of the touch gesture type, duration, or direction.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- dividing a display area of an electronic device into a workspace comprising a plurality of application independent sections;
- associating each section with a different application dependent category and a different tone;
- displaying a pane in a section including information for the associated category;
- receiving a touch gesture on the pane for the section;
- and
- outputting an audio signal comprising information of the pane and according to a tone of the section, the audio signal having an audible tone followed by speech data to read out information about the section of the pane, an amount of the information corresponding to at least two of the touch gesture type, duration, or direction.
At least one computer-readable storage memory unit comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
- divide a display area of an electronic device into a workspace comprising a plurality of sections that are application independent;
- divide at least one section into a plurality of subsections;
- associate each section and subsection with a different category that is application dependent;
- display a pane in a section having a plurality of items for the associated category;
- associate a different sound to each item of the plurality of items;
- receive a touch gesture on the section in the pane;
- and
- output an audio signal comprising at least one sound associated with an item of the plurality of items, the at least one sound being followed by speech data to read out information about the item, an amount of the information corresponding to at least two of the touch gesture type, duration, or direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.