Patent ID: 6999066

Claim:
A system for providing audible feedback to enable a visually impaired person to operate a multi-function machine, comprising: touchable elements means for selecting a plurality of selectable system options associated with features of the multi-function machine; audible feedback means for generating electrical signals that provide audible instructions to the visually impaired person as to one or more options are selected; means for enabling/disabling said audible feedback means such that when said audible feedback means is disabled, no electrical signals corresponding to the audible instructions to the visually impaired person are generated and when said audible feedback means is enabled, electrical signals corresponding to the audible instructions to the visually impaired person are generated; and a controller to control navigation of said selectable system options and to provide instructions for the operation of the multi-function machine; said controller checking whether audible feedback is disabled; said controller, if said audible feedback is disabled, activating a process associated with a selection made on said touchable elements; said controller providing audible feedback corresponding to the selection made when said audible feedback is enabled; said controller, when said audible feedback is enabled, comparing the selection made with a previous selection made; said controller providing, when said audible feedback is enabled and the selection made and the previous selection made are different, only audible feedback corresponding to the selection made and not activating the process associated with the selection made; said controller, if the selection made and the previous selection made are the same, providing audible feedback corresponding to the selection made and activating a process associated with the selection made.