Method and apparatus for summarizing content of a document for a visually impaired user
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRabindranath Dutta, Karthikeyan Ramamoorthy
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user. A summary of the Web page is generated. The summary of the Web page is then presented in a manner other than visually prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
Claims40
A method in a data processing system for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user, the method comprising:
- generating a summary of the Web page;
- and
- audibly presenting the summary of the Web page prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A method in a data processing system for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user, the method comprising:
- generating a summary of the Web page;
- and
- presenting the summary of the Web page in a manner other than visually prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A data processing system for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user, the data processing system comprising:
- generating means for generating a summary of the Web page;
- and
- audibly means for audibly presenting the summary of the Web page prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A data processing system for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user, the data processing system comprising:
- generating means for generating a summary of the Web page;
- and
- presenting means for presenting the summary of the Web page in a manner other than visually prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A data processing system comprising:
- a bus system;
- a communications unit connected to the bus, wherein data is sent and received using the communications unit;
- a memory connected to the bus system, wherein a set of instructions are located in the memory;
- and
- a processor unit connected to the bus system,
- wherein the processor unit executes the set of instructions to generate a summary of the Web page;
- and audibly present the summary of the Web page prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A data processing system comprising:
- a bus system;
- a communications unit connected to the bus, wherein data is sent and received using the communications unit;
- a memory connected to the bus system, wherein a set of instructions are located in the memory;
- and
- a processor unit connected to the bus system,
- wherein the processor unit executes the set of instructions to generate a summary of the Web page;
- and present the summary of the Web page in a manner other than visually prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user, the computer program product comprising:
- first instructions for generating a summary of the Web page;
- and
- second instructions for audibly presenting the summary of the Web page prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for presenting a Web page to a visually impaired user, the computer program product comprising:
- first instructions for generating a summary of the Web page;
- and
- second instructions for presenting the summary of the Web page in a manner other than visually prior to presenting other portions of the Web page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.