Disclosed herein are device, system and method embodiments for managing accessibility on customer web pages. A user device operates by receiving selection of a control of an embedded application presented in a webpage including visible content, receiving configuration code associated with the embedded application instance, and presenting a modal dialog on the webpage generated based on the embedded application instance and the configuration code. Further, the user device disables access by an assistive technology to Hypertext Markup Language elements associated with the visible content in response to the presentation of the modal dialog.

A system is described that generates descriptive insights in a manner that does not require observations to be made by a visually-impaired user and that can present insights in a form perceptible by such a user. A structured dataset or a digital visual graph may include business intelligence or other types of data. In the case of a graph, the graph is converted to the structured dataset. Parameter names in the dataset are encoded using parameter metadata. Relationships among the data of the dataset are identified based on the encoded parameter names and content of the parameters. The relationships are evaluated based on domain knowledge to generate insights. The insights are applied to automatically-selected text templates to generate descriptive insights. The descriptive insights may be presented to a user in a user interface (e.g., in a BI dashboard) or converted to a form perceptible by a visually-impaired user (e.g., speech).

Aspects of the disclosure provide for a sensory augmentation system. In some examples, the sensory augmentation system includes a first electro-tactile stimulator comprising at least one user interaction element driven by a driver and contactable to a human body to provide stimulation having a first stimulation waveform and a signal generation and sensing processor configured to receive data corresponding to information to be communicated to the user. The signal generation and sensing processor may generate a first instruction to the driver, the first instruction corresponding to the first stimulation waveform. The driver may generate the stimulation having the first stimulation waveform in response to the first instruction.

An integrated pedestrian access system configured to communicate with one or more traffic controllers that control a plurality of pedestrian signal heads to convey pedestrian signal indications to a pedestrian proximate a pedestrian crosswalk is provided. The integrated pedestrian access system includes at least one first receiver communicatively coupled to the one or more traffic controllers and includes at least one first pedestrian pushbutton for receiving a pedestrian signal request from the pedestrian and at least one second receiver communicatively coupled to the one or more traffic controllers including at least one second pedestrian pushbutton. At least one first receiver wirelessly transmits the pedestrian signal request and wirelessly receives an acknowledgment responsive to the pedestrian signal request. The receivers each wirelessly transmit and receive information related to a status of the pedestrian crosswalk or a status of the pedestrian signal indications displayed on at least one pedestrian signal head.

In some examples, a computing device may initiate audible play back of a book in response to an instruction from a user. While the book is being audibly played back, the computing device may determine (e.g., in the background) that a content of a recently played back portion of the book matches one or more interests associated with a user, initiate a search, and receive search results. The computing device may re-rank the search results based on the user's interests, pause play back of the book, and audibly read out the re-ranked search results. If the user asks a question, the computing device may pause play back of the book, perform an additional search, and read out loud the additional search results. The computing device may resume the audible play back of the book after the user provides a resume play back instruction.

The present invention is directed to a haptic system of rotating cylindrical shafts topped with caps to create a virtual sensation of Braille text by integrating a microprocessor with microdrive motors. The micro drive's shafts are crowned with plastic cylindrical caps, the top face of which are precisely flush or level with the device's display surface thereby emulating the standard diameter and feel of a Braille dot or Braille space in two dimensions. It is the rotation of the drive's shaft that spins the caps and simulates the sensation of a Braille dot that is felt with the fingertips. This sensation of a two dimensional rotating dot is the result of the top face of the capped shafts positioned flush with the device's display surface. Motors that alternate between rotating shafts and shafts at rest produce Braille cell dots and spaces, respectively.

In an approach for guiding a visually impaired user to position a mobile device appropriately in relation to a screen so that dynamic information on the screen can be reliably extracted and conveyed to the visually impaired user, a processor receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device. A processor performs object recognition on the image to identify a digital screen and a location of the digital screen in the image. A processor retrieves a template of the digital screen. A processor performs angle-sensitive optical character recognition (OCR) on the location of the digital screen in the image. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen can be extracted, a processor conveys the text to a user. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen cannot be extracted, a processor guides the user to re-orient the mobile device to capture a better image.

Disclosed are training method, program and computing device to ameliorate visual field defect. The method includes presenting, by a computer, a virtual first object on a screen, wherein the first object is presented in an approaching manner toward the subject from a first position to a second position, when a position of the first object reaches the second position, the dividing, by the computer, of the first object into objects and presenting the divided objects on the screen or removing, by the computer, the first object from the screen, when the first object is divided or removed, presenting, by the computer, a virtual second object and a virtual third object on the screen, and receiving, by the computer, an identification input about the second object and the third object from a response input device of the subject.

The invention lies in the field of tactile displays and optical-tactile seeing aids. In order, proceeding from the known tactile displays having linear magnetic actuators, to provide such an electromagnetic actuator for tactile applications, in particular for tactile pins in Braille script displays and graphical surface displays, by means of which electromagnetic actuator an inexpensive bistable electromagnetic linear drive unit of simple mechanical design can be realized, the bar of the actuator consists of a material having very high coercivity, i.e. the polarity thereof cannot be changed, the bar being axially enclosed by a hard magnetic sleeve having at most the same length and having considerably lower coercivity, i.e. the polarity thereof can be changed, and the bar being freely movable in the axial direction and the actuation distance of the bar being defined by the excess length of the bar in comparison with the length of the hard magnetic sleeve, such that an auxiliary pole is formed at one end of the bar and a planar main pole is formed at the opposite end.

An integrated pedestrian access system comprising of wireless push buttons adapted to transmit and receive wireless signals and receivers connected to pedestrian crosswalk signal systems, wherein said one or more receivers are configured to communicate with the wireless push buttons through wireless signals, communicate among the receivers, determine whether source device from which a request for registering a pedestrian signal is received through the said communication is the wireless push button or the receivers, determine status of pedestrian signal based on signals received from the pedestrian signal system, register request for pedestrian crosswalk signal if walk signal of the pedestrian signal is not on in the desired direction as per the status of pedestrian signal and provide acknowledgement corresponding to the status of pedestrian signal through the said source device.