Electronic device and method for managing voice entered text using gesturing

A method comprising:

• responsive to detecting a first speech input, displaying, by the electronic device, a plurality of textual words;
• detecting, by the electronic device, a touch swipe gesture;
• determining, by the electronic device, a direction of the touch swipe gesture;
• visually highlighting, by the electronic device, a first textual word from the plurality of textual words being displayed along a path of the direction of the touch swipe gesture;
• and
• responsive to detecting a second speech input:
• determining, by the electronic device and based on the second speech input, a new textual word;
• and
• display the new textual word in place of the first textual word.

An electronic device comprising:

• a processor;
• a display;
• a speech recognition system configured to detect a first speech input and a second speech input;
• and
• a gesture recognition system configured to detect a swipe gesture and determine a direction of the swipe gesture,
• wherein the display is configured to display a plurality of textual words in response to the speech recognition system detecting the first speech input, and
• wherein the processor is configured to determine a first textual word from the plurality of textual words displayed along a path of the direction of the swipe gesture, output, for display by the display, a visually highlight of the first textual, and, responsive to the speech recognition system detecting the second speech input:
• determine, based on the second speech input, a new textual word, and output, for display by the display, the new textual word in place of the first textual word.