System and method to enable blind people to have access to information printed on a physical document

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9165478
APP PUB NO 20050022108A1
SERIAL NO

10826810

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A method and system for use in a user system, for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. One or more pages of the physical document are identified. A selected part of the physical document is identified using the position of points on the identified one or more pages of the physical document and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carro, Fernando Incertis Valencia, ES 69 2100
Trewin, Sharon M Croton-on-Hudson, US 30 271

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