International Business Machines Corporation

Corey Sonier

Jennifer M Hatfield

Randall Avery Craig

Chris Degnen

Tom Brugler

Michael Bender

John Falk Kelley

Thomas S Brugler

Richard J Tomsett

William Kirby Wright, Iii

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for recommending an activity based on a social media profile, IoT devices, and historical engagements of the user. The method includes one or more processors determining a past activity of a user based at least in part on social media posts and internet of things (IoT) enabled devices of the user. The method further includes determining a set of historical conditions corresponding to the past activity, wherein the set of conditions correspond to a positive sentiment of the user. The method further includes identifying a location of the user. The method further includes generating an activity recommendation based on the location of the user and the set of historical conditions corresponding to the past activity, wherein the activity recommendation includes a set of future conditions of a future activity, wherein the set of future conditions correlate with the set of historical conditions.

Activity recommendations based on IoT and social media

In an approach for guiding a visually impaired user to position a mobile device appropriately in relation to a screen so that dynamic information on the screen can be reliably extracted and conveyed to the visually impaired user, a processor receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device. A processor performs object recognition on the image to identify a digital screen and a location of the digital screen in the image. A processor retrieves a template of the digital screen. A processor performs angle-sensitive optical character recognition (OCR) on the location of the digital screen in the image. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen can be extracted, a processor conveys the text to a user. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen cannot be extracted, a processor guides the user to re-orient the mobile device to capture a better image.

Viewfinder assistant for visually impaired

Automatically generating web design style guidelines is provided. A set of web design style guideline patterns present in extracted website design and content elements corresponding to a website design build is identified using a cognitive component. The set of web design style guideline patterns is correlated with a set of accessibility rules using the cognitive component. A set of web design style guidelines is automatically generated for the website design build that complies with the set of accessibility rules using the cognitive component based on correlation of the set of web design style guideline patterns with the set of accessibility rules. A recommendation is output for the set of web design style guidelines to be implemented in the website design build using the cognitive component.

Intelligent auto-generated web design style guidelines

A cursor control system and method are provided. The method may include receiving a first input from a cursor control device that places a cursor in an engaged state. The method may further include receiving an indication to switch from a gross cursor control mode to an engaged cursor control mode while the cursor is in the engaged state. The method may also include, in response to receiving the indication to switch from the gross cursor control mode to the engaged cursor control mode, switching from the gross cursor control mode to the engaged cursor control mode and locking the cursor in the engaged state such that the cursor maintains the engaged state even after the first input from the cursor control device has terminated. The method may additionally include, in response to receiving a second input, performing an operation on a screen object the engaged cursor control mode.

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Corey Sonier