Patent ID: 8092221

Claim:
A method of controlling the output of a listview in a computer having a screen reader function comprising the steps of: compiling an array of identifiers, with each identifier corresponding to a unique listview instance; storing the compiled array in permanent storage; configuring user preferences for particular listview instances, the user preferences corresponding to non-visual output modifications of the unique listview instance; storing the user preferences in permanent storage; focusing on a unique listview instance; obtaining an identifier for the unique listview instance in focus; comparing the obtained identifier with the array of identifiers in permanent storage so as to correlate the unique listview instance with its associated user preferences; automatically applying the non-visual output modifications associated with the identified listview according to associated user preferences; and outputting the listview data according to the associated modifications to one or more non-visual output devices selected from the group consisting of audible devices and tactile devices for presentation to a user wherein the visual listview instance is otherwise unmodified by the method.