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

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a computing device in support of improved accessibility, the method comprising:
causing 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 an element of the user interface;
initiating, 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;
inhibiting an ability of the accessibility assistant to read the audible description of the element of the user interface; and
upon transition of the virtual assistant from an active state, enabling the ability of the accessibility assistant.