1. A method in a data processing system for enabling a visually impaired user to distinctly visualize individual displayed objects within multiple classes of objects displayed within a graphical user interface environment, said data processing system having a display pointing device associated with a moveable cursor element, a user input device, and an audio output device, said method comprising the steps of: associating an audio signal having at least two audible characteristics with each object within a class of objects displayed within said graphical user interface environment, wherein a first of said at least two audible characteristics is common among all objects within a class of objects and unique among all of said multiple classes of objects within said graphical user interface environment, and a second of said at least two audible characteristics is unique among all objects within a class of objects; and generating a composite audible signal which includes elements of each audio signal associated with each of said objects displayed within said graphical user interface environment, wherein a user may determine how many classes of objects are displayed, and how many objects are displayed within each of said multiple classes of objects within said graphical user interface environment.