Patents by Inventor Christian D. Hofstader

Christian D. Hofstader has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Screen reader having concurrent communication of non-textual information
    Patent number: 9263026
    Abstract: A screen reader software product for low-vision users, the software having a reader module collecting textual and non-textual display information generated by a web browser or word processor. Font styling, interface layout information and the like are communicated to the end user by sounds broadcast simultaneously rather than serially with the synthesized speech to improve the speed and efficiency in which information may be digested by the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian D. Hofstader, Glen Gordon, Eric Damery, Ralph Ocampo, David Baker, Joseph K. Stephen
  • SCREEN READER HAVING CONCURRENT COMMUNICATION OF NON-TEXTUAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140324438
    Abstract: A screen reader software product for low-vision users, the software having a reader module collecting textual and non-textual display information generated by a web browser or word processor. Font styling, interface layout information and the like are communicated to the end user by sounds broadcast simultaneously rather than serially with the synthesized speech to improve the speed and efficiency in which information may be digested by the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Christian D. Hofstader, Glen Gordon, Eric Damery, Ralph Ocampo, David Baker, Joseph K. Stephen
  • Screen reader having concurrent communication of non-textual information
    Patent number: 8826137
    Abstract: A screen reader software product for low-vision users, the software having a reader module collecting textual and non-textual display information generated by a web browser or word processor. Font styling, interface layout information and the like are communicated to the end user by sounds broadcast simultaneously rather than serially with the synthesized speech to improve the speed and efficiency in which information may be digested by the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian D. Hofstader, Glen Gordon, Eric Damery, Ralph Ocampo, David Baker, Joseph K. Stephen