Voice interaction method for a computer graphical user interface

The present invention relates to voice recognition techniques for personal computers, and more particularly to utilizing such techniques to input commands to be executed by the computer. The present invention enables a computer user to select a function represented via a graphical user interface by...

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Main Authors Brooks, Brian S, Loring, Keith P, Milenkovic, Maria
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.12.2002
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Summary:The present invention relates to voice recognition techniques for personal computers, and more particularly to utilizing such techniques to input commands to be executed by the computer. The present invention enables a computer user to select a function represented via a graphical user interface by speaking command related to the function into audio processing circuitry. A voice recognition program interprets the spoken words to determine the function that is desired for execution. The user may use the cursor to identify an element on the graphical user interface display or speak the name of that element. The computer responds to the identification of the element by displaying a menu of the voice commands associated with that element.