Granted Patent B2

US 6,864,878 · App. 10/113,105 · Granted Mar 8, 2005

Abstract

Claims (12)

1. A tactile method for using a device having a touch sensitive screen that has a first display thereon, comprising:

placing a first overlay on the screen, the first overlay corresponding to the first display on the screen and including a first tactilely readable area, the first tactilely readable area including information in a tactilely readable format, the information being specific to a first selectable feature located in the first display on the screen;

determining a location of and information about the first selectable feature on the screen by tactilely reading the first tactilely readable area on the overlay;

selecting the first selectable feature;

receiving a signal;

removing the first overlay on the screen in response to the signal received;

placing a second overlay on the screen, the second overlay corresponding to a second display on the screen and including a second tactilely readable area, the second tactilely readable area including information in a tactilely readable format, the information being specific to a second selectable feature located in the second display on the screen;

determining a location of and information about the second selectable feature on the screen by tactilely reading the second tactilely readable area on the overlay;

selecting the second selectable feature.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal is an audio signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the audio signal is a voice instruction.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the signal is a sequence of beeps, where the number of beeps correspond to the second overlay.

Assignments (9)