Audio clutter reduction and content identification for web-based screen-readers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorBrian John Cragun
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reading a web page according to a set of user-configurable settings. In one embodiment, a set of user-configurable settings configured for reading the web page is determined. An initial reading position on the web page is determined as specified by the user-configurable settings. The web page is then read from the initial reading position according to the set of user-configurable settings.
Claims37
A method of reading a web page according to a set of user-configurable settings, comprising:
- determining the set of user-configurable settings;
- determining an initial reading position on the web page as specified by the set of user-configurable settings;
- and
- reading, by a reading program, the web page from the initial reading position according to the set of user-configurable settings.
A computer-readable medium containing a program which, when executed by a processor, performs an operation of reading a web page according to a set of user-configurable settings, the operation comprising:
- determining the set of user-configurable settings;
- determining an initial reading position on the web page as specified by the set of user-configurable settings;
- and
- reading the web page from the initial reading position according to the set of user-configurable settings.
A computer, comprising:
- a memory containing a web page reading program;
- and
- a processor which, when executing the web page reading program, performs an operation comprising:
- determining the set of user-configurable settings;
- determining an initial reading position on the web page as specified by the set of user-configurable settings;
- and
- reading the web page from the initial reading position,according to the set of user-configurable settings.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a program which, when executed by a processor, performs an operation to determine an initial display position on a document, the operation comprising:
- receiving the document;
- identifying a plurality of content elements in the document;
- and
- selecting one of the plurality of content elements as the initial display position;
- and
- a signal bearing media bearing the program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.