Patent ID: 8340424

Claim:
A visualization method for visualizing a reading order in which a screen reading application reads elements contained in a structured document displayed on a screen of a computer system including a processor device and storage device, the method comprising the steps of: generating, for each of a plurality of elements, a directed segment which includes a character string to be read by a screen reading application on the basis of a writing direction of the character string in the element, wherein the directed segment indicates the writing direction and is displayed in an element region in which the character string in the element is displayed on the screen; storing, in the reading order, the generated directed segments of the elements into the storage device; reading from the storage device; linking together the directed segments generated for the elements in accordance with the reading order; and displaying the linked directed segments overlaid on the structured document which is displayed on the screen; wherein each of said steps is carried out by said processor device.