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US 8,898,568 B2Granted
Audio user interface
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bull, Ben Rottler, Jonathan A. Schiller
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bull, Ben Rottler, Jonathan A. Schiller
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An audio user interface that provides audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of an electronic device is disclosed. The audio prompts can provide audio indicators that allow a user to focus his or her visual attention upon other tasks such as driving an automobile, exercising, or crossing a street, yet still enable the user to interact with the user interface. An intelligent path can provide access to different types of audio prompts from a variety of different sources. The different types of audio prompts may be presented based on availability of a particular type of audio prompt. As examples, the audio prompts may include pre-recorded voice audio, such as celebrity voices or cartoon characters, obtained from a dedicate voice server. Absent availability of pre-recorded or synthesized audio data, non-voice audio prompts may be provided.
A method performed by a media player for providing an audio user interface to a user of the media player, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store a set of code modules which when executed by a processor of a media playback device become operational for providing an audio user interface at the media playback device, the computer-readable medium comprising:
A portable media playback device comprising:
A media player comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.