Patent ID: 11922194
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computing device comprising:
a processing system;
one or more storage media; and
instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage media that when executed by the processing system direct the computing device to at least:
cause display of a user interface of an application on a display screen of the computing device, wherein the computing device includes an accessibility assistant that reads an audible description of a feature of the user interface;
initiate, on the computing device, a virtual assistant that conducts an audible conversation between a user and the virtual assistant through at least a microphone and a speaker associated with the computing device, wherein the virtual assistant is not integrated with an operating system of the computing device;
inhibit an ability of the accessibility assistant to read the audible description of the feature of the user interface; and
upon transition of the virtual assistant from an active state, enable the ability of the accessibility assistant to operate.