Personal mobile computing device having antenna microphone for improved speech recognition

A method of performing speech recognition, the method comprising:

• providing a mobile computing device adapted to be held in a palm of a user's hand;
• rotating, an antenna of the mobile computing device toward the user such that a first microphone positioned at a distal end of the antenna is directed toward the mouth of the user, wherein the step of rotating the antenna toward the user further comprises rotating the antenna from a first position to a second position which minimizes a distance between the first microphone and the mouth of the user for a particular separation distance of the mobile device relative to the user;
• converting audible speech from the user into speech signals using the first microphone positioned at the distal end of the antenna;
• digitizing the speech signals;
• and
• performing speech recognition algorithms on the digitized speech signals using a microprocessor positioned within the mobile computing device to generate speech recognition data.

A mobile computing device adapted to be held in a palm of a user's hand, the mobile computing device comprising:

• first microphone means for converting audible speech from the user into speech signals;
• and
• microphone positioning means for orienting the first microphone toward the mouth of the user;
• and
• a display means for displaying information to the user, and wherein for a particular orientation of the mobile computing device in the palm of the user's hand to achieve a particular viewing angle and separation distance of the display means relative to the user the microphone positioning means is rotatable to a position which minimizes a distance between the first microphone means and the mouth of the user.