Controls and indicators with on-screen cognitive aids

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• an input interface;
• an output interface;
• and
• a storage device including a set of instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• detect user input at the input interface of the mobile computing device using a device driver, wherein the device driver includes an ACPI-to-HID mapper driver;
• perform appropriate functions based on the user input, wherein the appropriate functions control an operation of the mobile computing device;
• and
• responsive to a detection of the user input, provide a cognitive aid at the output interface of the mobile computing device, wherein the cognitive aid includes information explaining one or more functionalities of the input interface.

A non-transitory computer readable medium holding computer executable instructions thereon, the computer-executable instructions being associated with an applet of a mobile computing device, and the computer-executable instructions when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform a method comprising:

• detecting, using a device driver, user input at an input interface operatively associated with a mobile computing device;
• performing, using the device driver, appropriate actions associated with the user input, wherein the appropriate functions control an operation of the mobile computing device, and wherein the device driver includes an ACPI-to-HID mapper driver;
• and
• responsive to said detecting the user input, providing a cognitive aid at an output interface operatively associated with the mobile computing device, wherein the cognitive aid includes information explaining one or more functionalities of the input interface.