Patent ID: 7103551

Claim:
A computer network, comprising: a first computer system designed to interact with a visually impaired user and configured to transmit screen image information and corresponding speech information to another computer system, wherein the screen image information includes information corresponding to a screen image intended for display within the first computer system, and wherein the speech information conveys a verbal description of the screen image, and wherein in the event the screen image includes an object having corresponding semantic information, the speech information includes the semantic information; and a second computer system in communication with the first computer system, wherein the second computer system is configured to receive user input from a user of the second computer system, to generate an input signal corresponding to the user input, and to transmit the input signal to the first computer system, and wherein in response to the user input the first computer system transmits updated screen image information and corresponding speech information; wherein the visually impaired user interacts with the first computer system through the use of the second computer system.