Patents Assigned to Microsoft Coprporation
  • TECHNIQUES TO PRESENT A USER INTERFACE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
    Publication number: 20140325353
    Abstract: Techniques to provide a user interface usable by anyone including the visually impaired are disclosed. Embodiments include dividing a display area of an electronic device into a workspace comprising a plurality of sections; associating each section with a different category; displaying a pane in a section including information for the associated category; receiving a touch gesture on a pane for a section; and outputting an audio signal comprising information of the pane. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Coprporation
    Inventors: JARNAIL CHUDGE, TINISHA ROCCA, JOANNA MABBITT, HELEN DAY, SIMON MIDDLEMISS, STUART McCARTHY