Method and wireless communication device using voice recognition for entering text characters
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorStephen Huaiyuan Wang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to facilitate text message entry in a wireless communication device wherein a user interface is operated to place the wireless communication device in a text entry mode and a voice recognition circuit is used to process a spoken signal. The spoken signal is mapped to a corresponding text character or control character. The processor incorporates the text character or control character into a text message.
Claims24
A wireless communication device arranged and constructed to facilitate text message entry comprising:
- a user interface operable to enable a text entry mode;
- a voice recognition circuit operable to process a spoken signal and map the spoken signal to a text character corresponding to the spoken signal;
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- a processor coupled to the user interface and the voice recognition circuit, operable to incorporate the text character into a text message.
An apparatus to facilitate text message entry for a wireless communication device comprising:
- a user interface comprising a numeric keypad and a microphone operable to enable a text entry mode for the wireless communication device;
- a voice recognition circuit operable to process a spoken signal, and map the spoken signal to one of a control instruction and a text character corresponding to the spoken signal;
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- a processor coupled to the user interface and the voice recognition circuit, operable to manage text message formation by one of insertion of the text character into a text message and manipulation of the text message in accordance with the control instruction.
A method in a wireless communication device for entering a text character as an element of a text message comprising:
- activating a text entry mode;
- capturing a spoken signal;
- processing the spoken signal using voice recognition to map the spoken signal to a text character selected from a multiplicity of text characters;
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- incorporating the text character as an element of a text message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.