Patent ID: 8342847

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: retrieving an instruction delivery preference corresponding to a user with a disability, the instruction delivery preference received by an interactive cooking preparation device; receiving, from the user, a recipe selected from a plurality of recipes; retrieving, from a data store, a plurality of preparation steps corresponding to the selected recipe; providing the plurality of preparation steps to the user using the interactive cooking preparation device to provide the preparation steps in an alternative delivery mode based on the retrieved instruction delivery preference; identifying a plurality of locations corresponding to a plurality of items used during the preparation steps, wherein the plurality of locations are included in a horizontal surface of the interactive cooking preparation device; selecting one of the plurality of items included in a current preparation step of the plurality of preparation steps; and in response to the selecting, directing the user to the selected item by visually highlighting the location of the horizontal surface of the interactive cooking preparation device that corresponds to the selected item.