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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Graham Richard Alderson, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Graham Richard Alderson, Chandlers Ford, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for facilitating operation of a screen reader with legacy programs whose user interface definitions do not conform to the design guidelines expected by the screen reader program. A graphical user interface is analyzed to identify a logical sequence of user interface elements within the interface. A sequence of user interface elements within a definition of the user interface is compared with the identified logical sequence to identify any required reordering of the elements to conform to the identified logical sequence. The required reordering of the elements is performed to conform to the identified logical sequence. The comparing step includes comparing the sequence of user interface elements within the definition of the user interface with a set of predefined rules for user interface definitions, and, responsive to identifying non-conformance with a rule requiring a specific user interface control, an instance of the required user interface control is generated.