Narration of unfocused user interface controls using data retrieval event
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorJames Andrew Canitz
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a user interface narrator may repurpose a data retrieval event 232 to narrate user interface items 304 not under input control focus 306. The user interface narrator may use a narration control 212 of an operating system 210 to vocalize a user interface 222. The user interface narrator may execute an application task outside of an input control focus 306. The user interface narrator may receive a repurposed data retrieval event 232 for an application binary interface 230 of the operating system 210 to alert a narration control 212 of a task event for the application task.
Claims20
A machine-implemented method, comprising:
- using a narration control of an operating system to vocalize a user interface;
- executing an application task outside of an input control focus;
- and
- receiving a repurposed data retrieval event for an application binary interface of the operating system to alert a narration control of a task event for the application task.
A tangible machine-readable medium having a set of instructions detailing a method stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising:
- executing an application task outside of an input control focus;
- and
- repurposing a data retrieval event for an application binary interface of the operating system to alert a narration control of a task event for the application task.
A user interface narrator, comprising:
- a memory that stores a user interface vocalized by a narration control of an operating system;
- a processor that executes an application task outside of an input control focus;
- and
- an audio output that vocalizes a repurposed data retrieval event for an application binary interface of the operating system describing a task event for the application task.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.