Correction widget

• US 20030212961A1
• Filed: 05/13/2002
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Huapaya, Luis M., IWEMA, MARIEKE, Garside, Adrian J., Winkler, David V., Soin, Ravipal
• Granted Patent: US 6,986,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/530
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/387 using human interaction, e.g. selection of the best displayed recognition candidate
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A correction tool that displays a correction widget when a user acts to correct text. More particularly, if the user places an insertion point in or to the immediate left of the text, or selects the text, the tool displays the correction widget immediately to the left of the selected text. The user can then quickly access a correction interface for correcting the text simply by moving the pointer the short distance from the insertion point to the correction widget. When the user activates the correction widget, the tool displays the correction interface immediately proximal to the correction widget. Thus, the user need only move the pointer a small distance further to then correct the text using the correction interface.

Claims

1. A method of correcting text, comprising:

displaying a graphical object adjacent to the text;

receiving input from a user selecting the graphical object;

in response to receiving the input from the user selecting the graphical object, displaying a correction interface for correcting the text.

2. The method of correcting text recited in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the graphical object adjacent to the text in response to receiving input from the user designating the text for correction.

3. The method of correcting text recited in claim 2, further comprising receiving the input from the user designating the text for correction by:

placement of an insertion point within or to the left of the text;

selection of at least a portion the text;

or

a voice command to designate the text.

4. The method of correcting text recited in claim 1, wherein the input from the user selecting the graphical object is placement of a pointer over the graphical object and activation of a selection button associated with the pointer.

5. The method of correcting text recited in claim 1, further including expanding the graphical object in response to the placement of a pointer over an active region associated with the graphical object.

6. The method of correcting text recited in claim 5, wherein the active region is larger than an area of the graphical object.

7. The method of correcting text recited in claim 1, wherein the text has been recognized from a natural input object.

8. The method of correcting text recited in claim 7, wherein displaying the correction interface includes:

retrieving one or more recognition alternates corresponding to the natural input from which the text was recognized;

displaying an alternate list listing the retrieved one or more recognition alternates as alternates; and

if the user selects one of the alternates on the alternate list, changing the text to the selected alternate.

9. The method of correcting text recited in claim 8, wherein displaying the correction interface further includes displaying a reverse capitalization of the text on the alternate list.

10. The method of correcting text recited in claim 7, wherein displaying the correction interface includes:

providing in an original input object area an original input object from which the text was recognized.

11. The method of correcting text recited in claim 10, wherein

the original input object from which the text was recognized is handwriting input;

and

the original input object area displays the handwriting input.

12. The method of correcting text recited in claim 9, wherein

the original input object from which the text was recognized is handwriting input;

and

the original input object area is a button that, when activated, replaces the text with the handwriting input.

13. The method of correcting text recited in claim 12, wherein the button displays the handwriting input.

14. The method of correcting text recited in claim 1, wherein the text is in a multibyte alphabet, and

has been recognized from a phonetic input.

15. The method of correcting text recited in claim 14, wherein displaying the correction interface includes:

displaying one or more alternate text selections in a multibyte alphabet; and

if the user selects one of the alternate text selections, changing the text to the selected alternate text selection.

16. The method of correcting text recited in claim 15, wherein displaying the correction interface further includes displaying an object for accessing additional alternate text selections.

17. The method of correcting text recited in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the graphical object adjacent to the text in response to receiving input from the user designating only a portion of the text for correction; and

displaying one or more recognition alternates for the natural input object in the correction display, the one or more recognition alternates corresponding to designated portion of the text; and

if the user selects one of the displayed alternates, changing the text to the selected alternate.

18. The method of correcting text recited in claim 17, wherein the alternates differ from the text by only the selected portion of the text.

19. The method of correcting text recited in claim 17, wherein each alternate shares the selected portion of the text.

20. A correction tool for correcting text, comprising:

a user interface module that displays

a graphical object in response to a user designating the text, and

a correction interface in response to the user selecting the graphical object.

21. The correction tool recited in claim 21, further comprising:

a recognition selection module that, when the text was recognized from a natural input object, obtains one or more recognition alternates which correspond to the natural input object from which the text was recognized.

23. The correction tool recited in claim 21, wherein the correction interface includes a command to rewrite or respeak the text, and

further comprising an input interface module that initiates a user interface for rewriting or respeaking the text.

24. A correction interface for correcting text recognized from a natural input object, comprising:

an alternate list listing of one or more recognition alternates for the natural input object; and

an original input object area including the original natural input object from which the text was recognized.

25. The correction interface recited in claim 24, wherein

the original input object from which the text was recognized is handwriting input;

and

the original input object area displays the handwriting input.

26. The correction interface recited in claim 25, wherein

the original input object from which the text was recognized is handwriting input;

and

the original input object area is a button that, when activated, replaces the text with the handwriting input.

27. The correction interface recited in claim 26, wherein the button displays the handwriting input.