Patent ID: 7673241

Claim:
A method comprising: presenting a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; providing an audible indication of the audible control, if the audible control is in focus; detecting an activation of the audible control by virtue of being configured to determine that the audible control is in focus, and determine that a designated key of a keyboard has been pressed; identifying a command associated with the activation of the audible control, wherein the interface is configured to identify the command using the mapping, the functional control is associated with a function, and the audible control is a non-functional control by virtue of being incapable of issuing the command; and in response to the activation of the audible control, causing the functional control to issue the command, wherein the issuance of the command causes the function to be performed, the performance of the function results in communication via a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels, and a media type of each of the plurality of communication channels is one of a plurality of media types.