Screenreader user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10466883-B2
Application number	US-201514839894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Mar 2, 2015
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to screenreader techniques and volume control techniques for electronic devices. In some embodiments, a device displays a plurality of user interface objects in an ordered progression. A rotation of a rotary input mechanism is detected. In response to the rotation of the rotary input mechanism, if a rotary screenreader navigation mode is activated, a visual highlight is displayed and an auditory output is produced. In some embodiments, a device has a volume setting. A gesture is detected, and a volume adjustment mode is activated. The gesture ends with a contact being maintained, and the volume setting is adjusted in accordance with detected movement of the contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, an audio output part, and a rotatable input mechanism, cause the electronic device to:
display, on the display, a plurality of user interface objects in an ordered progression;
display a visual highlight associated with a first user interface object of the plurality of user interface objects and produce auditory output associated with the first user interface object;
while displaying the visual highlight, detect rotation of the rotatable input mechanism in a first rotational direction; and
in response to detecting rotation of the rotatable input mechanism in the first rotational direction:
in accordance with a determination that a rotary navigation mode is activated, display a visual highlight associated with a second user interface object of the plurality of user interface objects and produce auditory output associated with the second user interface object, wherein the second user interface object follows the first user interface object in the ordered progression, and wherein a rate of navigation or a quantity of traversed objects in the ordered progression to select the second user interface object has a non-linear relationship to the rate of rotation or angular displacement of the detected rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, and
in accordance with a determination that the rotary navigation mode is not activated, maintain display of the visual highlight associated with the first user interface object without displaying a visual highlight associated with the second user interface object and without producing auditory output associated with the second user interface object.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
while displaying the visual highlight associated with the second user interface object, detect rotation of the rotatable input mechanism in a second rotational direction substantially opposite the first rotational direction;
in response to detecting rotation of the rotatable input mechanism in the second rotational direction:
in accordance with the determination that the rotary navigation mode is activated, display a visual highlight associated with one of the first user interface object and a third user interface object of the plurality of user interface objects and produce auditory output associated with one of the first user interface object and the third user interface object, wherein the third user interface object precedes the second user interface object in the ordered progression; and
in accordance with the determination that the rotary navigation mode is not activated, forgo displaying a visual highlight associated with either of the first or the third user interface objects and forgo producing auditory output associated with either of the first or the third user interface objects.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the second user interface object immediately follows the first user interface object in the ordered progression.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the third user interface object immediately precedes the second user interface object in the ordered progression.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
detect a first touch input; and
in response to detecting the first touch input, activate the rotary navigation mode.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein rotary navigation mode is a sub-mode of a screenreader mode.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
detect a depression input of the rotatable input mechanism;
in response to detecting the depression input of the rotatable input mechanism, activate the screenreader mode.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
while displaying a visual highlight associated with the first user interface object, detect a swipe input;
in response to detecting the swipe input:
if the swipe input is in a first predefined direction and comprises a first predefined number of contacts, display a visual highlight associated with the second user interface object and produce auditory output associated with the second user interface object; and
if the swipe input is in a second predefined direction that is substantially opposite the first predefined direction and comprises the first predefined number of contacts, display a visual highlight associated with one of the third user interface object and a fifth user interface object of the plurality of user interface objects and produce auditory output associated with one of the third user interface object and fifth user interface object, wherein one of the third user interface object and the fifth user interface object immediately precedes the first user interface object.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the first and second predefined directions are substantially horizontal with respect to the display of the electronic device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
in response to detecting the swipe input:
if the swipe input is in a third predefined direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first predefined direction and comprises a second predefined number of contacts, produce auditory output associated with a first contextual action; and
if the swipe input is in a fourth predefined direction that is substantially opposite to the third predefined direction and comprises the second predefined number of contacts, produce auditory output associated with a second contextual action that precedes or follows the first contextual action in a second ordered progression.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the third and fourth predefined directions are substantially vertical with respect to the display of the electronic device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the first and second contextual actions correspond to the first user interface object.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the first and second contextual actions correspond to a user interface that is displayed when the swipe input is detected.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
in response to detecting the swipe input, if the swipe input comprises a third predefined number of contacts, cease to display a first user interface and displaying a second user interface.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
detect a third touch input; and
in response to detecting the third touch input, activate a first function corresponding to a most recent auditory output.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the third touch input is detected at a location that does not correspond to a pre-selected user interface object or an activated function.

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Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Fleizach Christopher
• Seymour Eric T
• Everitt Aaron

Classifications

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• G09B21/006

  using audible presentation of the information · CPC title

• G10L13/00

  Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title