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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Eric Taylor Seymour, San Jose, CA (US);
Reginald Dean Hudson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Taylor Seymour, San Jose, CA (US);
Reginald Dean Hudson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to provide improved Braille support are described herein. A connection to a Braille device is received, and a Braille caption panel that includes a Braille code is displayed to simulate an output to the Braille device. The Braille caption panel can include a text translated to the Braille code. The Braille caption panel can include a control element. An accessibility service can be automatically launched to provide the output to the Braille device.