Raising the visibility of a voice-activated user interface
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorFelix Gerard T.I. Andrew
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Abstract
A system is configured to enable a user to assert voice-activated commands. When the user issues a non-ambiguous command, the system activates a corresponding control. The area of activity on the user interface is visually highlighted to emphasize to the user that what they spoke caused an action. In one specific embodiment, the highlighting involves floating text the user uttered to a visible user interface component.
Claims14
A computer-implemented method for raising the visibility of a voice-activated user interface, the method comprising:
- receiving a voice-activated command;
- utilizing a computer processor that is a component of the computer to generate a visual representation of the received voice-activated command;
- displaying the visual representation of the received voice-activated command on a display that is another component of the computer;
- utilizing the computer processor to generate a visual representation of an action to be taken in response to the received voice-activated command;
- displaying, on the display simultaneously with the visual representation of the received voice-activated command, said visual representation of an action to be taken in response to the received voice-activated command;
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- providing, on the display, a display feature that visually relates the visual representation of the received voice-activated command to said visual representation of the action to be taken in response to the received voice-activated command.
A user interface system for raising the visibility of voice-activated command and control, the user interface system comprising:
- a visible representation of a voice-activated command, wherein the visible representation of the voice-activated command includes text indicative of words recognized from within the voice-activated command;
- a visible representation of action to be taken in response to the voice-activated command;
- a visible association that relates said visible representation of the voice-activated command to the visible representation of action to be taken, wherein the visible association comprises a line positioned between said visible representation of the voice-activated command and the visible representation of action to be taken so as to visually infer a connection between said visible representation of the voice-activated command and said visible representation of action to be taken, wherein one end of the line overlaps or is adjacent to the visible representation of the voice-activated command and the other end of the line overlaps or is immediately adjacent to the visible representation of action to be taken;
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- a computer processor that is a component of a computing device, wherein the computer processor renders, simultaneously on an output display that is also a component of the computing device, the visible representation of the voice-activated command, said visible representation of action to be taken, and the visible association.
A computer-implemented method for raising the visibility of a voice-activated user interface, the method comprising:
- providing, on a display, a textual representation of one or more words associated with a voice-activated command;
- moving the textual representation across the display toward a visible representation of action to be taken in association with the voice-activated command;
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- wherein providing a textual representation comprises providing a textual representation that changes sizes as it moves toward the visible representation of action to be taken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.