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Patent No.:

US 9811602 B1

Date of Patent:

Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2009

Method and apparatus for defining screen reader functions within online electronic documents

Applicants:

Amy H. Dewar, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Nicholas E. Poore, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Robert C. Leah, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Peter C. Yim, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Inventors:

Amy H. Dewar, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Nicholas E. Poore, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Robert C. Leah, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Peter C. Yim, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP

Primary Examiner:

Manglesh M Patel

Assistant Examiner:

Nicholas Hasty

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/25 (2006.01); G06F 17/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 17/30896 (2013.01);

Abstract

A computing system for facilitating screen readers of online electronic documents includes a processor running computer readable program code configured to generate a structured electronic document including markup language code and scripting language code whose execution is triggered by an occurrence of an event associated with execution of the markup language code. Memory stores a configuration file that maps of functions of a screen reader program to functions performed by the scripting language code when the scripting language code is executed in response to the occurrence of the event. The processor executes computer readable program code configured to incorporate the configuration file within structured electronic document. On a client system, a given function of the scripting language code executes in response to the occurrence of the event, and, in response to the execution of the given function, the screen reader program performs each accessibility function mapped to the given function.

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