Method and software for enabling use of transcription system as a mouse

A computer readable medium for use with a transcription system which includes a plurality of signal receivers for positioning over a writing surface and for receiving one or more position signals transmitted from a stylus through the air when the stylus is positioned adjacent the writing surface, the transcription system using the position signal received by the signal receivers from the stylus to determine a position of the stylus relative to the writing surface, the computer readable medium including:

• logic for taking a file encoding positions of one or more input sections on a template to be positioned at a non-predetermined position relative to the signal receivers and associating with the one or more input sections a function to be performed when the stylus is detected as having been positioned adjacent to one of the input sections;
• logic for determining the non-predetermined position of the template relative to the signal receivers based on times of flight of position signals from the stylus adjacent the template to the plurality of signal receivers;
• logic for determining that the stylus has been positioned adjacent to a particular input section of the template based on times of flight of position signals from the stylus adjacent the particular input section to the plurality of signal receivers;
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• logic for causing the transcription system to perform the function associated with the input section in response to determining that the stylus has been positioned adjacent to the particular input section.