Gesture-activated input using audio recognition

A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• displaying, at a region of a presence-sensitive screen, an input field;
• receiving, at the region of the presence-sensitive screen, user input comprising one or more gestures to select the input field, wherein the one or more gestures to select the input field comprise motion at the region of the presence-sensitive screen, wherein the one or more gestures comprise positioning at least one input unit at or near the location of the presence-sensitive screen, wherein the input unit is detectable by the presence-sensitive screen only when at or near the location of the presence-sensitive screen;
• in response to receiving the user input, determining the input field is selected based on the input unit currently being detected by the presence-sensitive screen,
• in response to determining that the input field is selected, begin receiving, an audio signal;
• in response to determining the input field is no longer selected based on the input unit no longer being detected by the presence-sensitive screen, stop receiving the audio signal;
• identifying at least one input value based on the received audio signal;
• and
• assigning the at least one input value to the input field.

A computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• an input device;
• a presence-sensitive screen that is operable to display an input field at a region the presence-sensitive screen;
• wherein the presence-sensitive screen is operable to receive, at the region of the presence-sensitive screen, user input comprising one or more gestures to select the input field, wherein the one or more gestures to select the input field comprise motion at a the region of the presence-sensitive screen, wherein the one or more gestures comprise positioning at least one input unit at or near the location of the presence-sensitive screen, wherein the input unit is detectable by the presence-sensitive screen only when at or near the location of the presence-sensitive screen;
• an input field module operable by the one or more processors to, in response to receiving the user input, determining that the input field is selected based on the input unit currently being detected by the presence-sensitive screen;
• wherein the input device is operable to begin receiving an audio signal in response to determining the input field is selected;
• wherein input device is operable by the one or more processors to, in response to determining the input field is no longer being detected by the presence-sensitive screen, stop receiving the audio signal;
• an audio conversion module operable by the one or more processors to identify at least one input value based on the received audio signal;
• and
• wherein the input field module is operable by the one or more processors to assign the at least one input value to the input field.