Method and apparatus for providing extensible document access to assistive technology providers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJoseph D. Aaron, Samuel R. Detweiler, Catherine K. Laws
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for providing an access engine that functions as an intermediary between a specific object and a renderer.
Claims20
A method of rendering document objects to individuals with vision impairment, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating an access engine;
- transmitting navigation commands to the access engine during the navigation of a document object;
- receiving information related to the document object from the access engine in response to the transmitted navigation commands;
- and
- rendering the received information.
An apparatus for rendering document objects to individuals with vision impairment, the apparatus comprising:
- means for creating an access engine;
- means for transmitting navigation commands to the access engine during the navigation of a document object;
- means for receiving information related to the document object from the access engine in response to the transmitted navigation commands;
- and
- means for rendering the received information.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for rendering document objects to individuals with vision impairment, the computer program product including:
- computer usable program code for creating an access engine;
- computer usable program code for transmitting navigation commands to the access engine during the navigation of a document object;
- computer usable program code for receiving information related to the document object from the access engine in response to the transmitted navigation commands;
- and
- computer usable program code for rendering the received information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.