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US 2008/0189114 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for assisting vision impaired individuals with selecting items from a list
OwnerKeith W. Fail, Roy A. Feigel +1inventors
InventorsKEITH W. FAIL, Roy A. Feigel, Barry A. Feigenbaum
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for assisting individuals with vision impairment in their selection of items that are typically displayed in a list.
Claims20
An apparatus for assisting an individual with vision impairment, the apparatus comprising:
- a pressure sensitive screen for displaying a list of items and receiving input from the individual concerning their selection of one or more of the items;
- wireless circuitry for communicating information wirelessly;
- voice recognition circuitry for recognizing audio input from the individual concerning their selection of one or more of the items;
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- a speaker for providing audio information to the individual.
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A system for assisting an individual in the selection of one or more items from a list of items, the system comprising:
- a pressure sensitive display capable of displaying one or more items in a various characters;
- a speaker capable of providing audio;
- circuitry capable of transmitting an audio representation of the one or more displayed items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.