Patent ID: 8294548
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for associating sounds with different keypresses, comprising: defining a plurality of significant elements on the computing device, wherein each of the significant elements is a particular key of a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard; grouping the plurality of significant elements into: associating a first sound event to the first class of significant elements, a second sound event to the second class of significant elements, a third sound event to the third class of significant elements, a fourth sound to the fourth class of significant elements, and a fifth sound to the fifth class of significant elements; receiving an input of a first keypress from the virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard is associated with a computing device; determining, when a key corresponding to the first keypress is one of the plurality of significant elements, to which class of the first, second, third, fourth or fifth class of significant elements the key belongs; and outputting a first sound associated with the first sound event when the first keypress belongs to the first class of significant elements; outputting a second sound associated with the second sound event when the first keypress belongs to the second class of significant elements; outputting a third sound associated with the third sound event when the first keypress belongs to the third class of significant elements; outputting a fourth sound associated with the fourth sound event when the first keypress belongs to the fourth class of significant elements; and outputting a fifth sound associated with the fifth sound keypress event when the first keypress belongs to the fifth class of significant elements, wherein an association between each of a plurality of sound events and each of the classes of significant elements is stored in a data structure on the computing device, wherein the first sound provides an auditory signal indicating deletion of a character, the second sound provides an auditory signal indicating insertion of at least one selected from group consisting of a numeral and a symbol, the third sound provides an auditory signal indicating insertion of a vowel character, the fourth sound provides an auditory signal indicating insertion of a consonant character, and the fifth sound provides an auditory signal indication insertion of a space, and wherein the user is able to identify a typing error by hearing the auditory signal corresponding to the first keypress.