GESTURE SHORTCUTS FOR INVOCATION OF VOICE INPUT

Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for initiating a system-wide voice-to-text dictation service in response to a preconfigured gesture. Data input fields, independent of the application from which they are presented to a user, are configured to at least detect one or more inpu...

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Main Authors DISANO, Robert Joseph, KLEIN, Christian, PEREIRA, Alexandre Douglas, MARKIEWICZ, Jan-Kristian, LANDRY, Shane Jeremy, STIFELMAN, Lisa Joy
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 26.07.2017
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COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for initiating a system-wide voice-to-text dictation service in response to a preconfigured gesture. Data input fields, independent of the application from which they are presented to a user, are configured to at least detect one or more input events. A gesture listener process, controlled by the system, is configured to detect a preconfigured gesture corresponding to a data input field. Detection of the preconfigured gesture generates an input event configured to invoke a voice-to-text session for the corresponding data input field. The preconfigured gesture can be configured such that any visible on-screen affordances (e.g., microphone button on a virtual keyboard) are omitted to maintain aesthetic purity and further provide system-wide access to the dictation service. As such, dictation services are generally available for any data input field across the entire operating system without the requirement of an on-screen affordance to initiate the service.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150771832