US Patent 11048470 Audible display readout based on lighting conditions

A device predicts when a user will have difficulty seeing user interface elements displayed on a display due to bright lighting conditions. In response to predicting that a user will have difficulty seeing user interface elements displayed on the display due to bright lighting conditions, the device changes a display theme for the user interface elements to a visually improved display theme. Furthermore, the device audibly plays back, via a device speaker, a readout of the user interface elements displayed on the display. The readout is an audible reading or description of the user interface elements displayed on the display. The device also optionally communicates with an additional device (e.g., a smartwatch or other wearable devices) connected to the device to cause the additional devices to also audibly play back, via a speaker of the additional device, the readout of the user interface elements displayed on the display.