Patent ID: 8405623

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: presenting a user with a selection viewport in a user interface, wherein the selection viewport represents a partial view of a virtual environment from a perspective of an avatar present at a first location within the virtual environment, and wherein the virtual environment displays a plurality of elements; determining, based on an interaction with the user interface, an audio viewport, wherein the audio viewport is a user-defined sub-portion of the selection viewport from which the user can select one or more of the plurality of elements for which audio descriptions are desired; identifying one or more of the elements included in the audio viewport, wherein each of the identified elements is associated with a predefined audio description; determining at least one element, of the identified elements, that satisfies one or more predefined user preferences for elements to be described; and providing the user with the audio description associated with the determined at least one element, wherein the audio description identifies the determined at least one element.