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US 10,380,994 B2Granted
Natural language processing to merge related alert messages for accessibility
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsStephen A Boxwell, Kyle M Brake, Keith G Frost, Stanley J Vernier
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Abstract
A method for merging incoming alerts for accessibility is described. Two input alerts intended for presentation by a screen reader are received. If the two input alerts have arrived with a specified time interval, the two input alerts are combined into an output alert. The output alert is sent to a screen reader for presentation.
Claims11
A method in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executed by the processor for merging incoming alerts for accessibility, the method comprising:
- receiving two input alerts intended for presentation by a screen reader;
- determining, by the processor, whether the two input alerts arrived within a specified time interval;
- responsive to determining that the two input alerts arrived within the specified time interval, determining whether the two input alerts are similar;
- and
- responsive to determining that the two input alerts are not similar, combining the two input alerts in a concatenation operation to produce an output alert, wherein the output alert is a concatenated alert;
- and
- sending the output alert to the screen reader for presentation.
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