Accessible Reading Mode Techniques For Electronic Devices

A device, comprising:

• a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input;
• and
• an accessible user interface facilitating use of the touch sensitive surface by a visually impaired user, the accessible user interface configured to activate an automatic reading mode in response to an activation gesture detected at the touch sensitive surface, the automatic reading mode configured to:
• automatically and continuously aurally present textual content from a predetermined point in a current line of textual content;
• and
• responsive to a skip gesture detected anywhere on the touch sensitive surface, skip the automatic and continuous aural presentation of a portion of the current line of textual content and start automatic and continuous aural presentation of one of a previous line preceding the current line or a subsequent line following the current line.

A computer program product including at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out, the process comprising:

• enabling an accessible user interface facilitating use of a computing device having a touch sensitive surface by a visually impaired user, the accessible user interface
• configured to activate an automatic reading mode in response to an activation gesture detected at the touch sensitive surface, the automatic reading mode configured to:
• automatically and continuously aurally present textual content from a predetermined point in a current line of textual content;
• and
• responsive to a skip gesture detected anywhere on the touch sensitive surface, skipping the automatic and continuous aural presentation of a portion of the current line of textual content and start automatic and continuous aural presentation of one of a previous line preceding the current line or a subsequent line following the current line.