Assistive technology for the impaired

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for generating accessible documents. In one embodiment, an initial document in a print format is obtained. The print format of the initial document is identified as one of a plurality of print formats. A parser corresponding to the one of the plurality of print formats is applied such that the initial document is parsed according to the print format of the initial document. An intermediate document that conforms to an intermediate format is generated based upon results obtained from applying the parser. A template for converting the intermediate document into an accessible document is obtained. The template is then such that an accessible document corresponding to the initial document is generated.

1 . A method, comprising:
 obtaining a document in an initial format;   parsing the document to generate an intermediate document that conforms to an intermediate format, wherein the intermediate document defines a plurality of regions;   accessing a template, wherein the template includes computer-executable instructions for converting the intermediate document into an accessible document; and   converting the intermediate document into an accessible document using the template, wherein converting the intermediate document to the accessible document includes inserting a plurality of tags into the accessible document, the plurality of tags associated with the plurality of regions in the accessible document and interpretable by an accessibility product to enable the accessibility product to present content associated with each of the plurality of regions in the accessible document to a user without user involvement.