Text messaging via phrase recognition
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1. A method of constructing a text message on a mobile communications device, said method comprising:
- storing a plurality of text phrases;
for each of the text phrases, storing a representation that is derived from that text phrase;
receiving a spoken phrase from a user;
from the received spoken phrase generating an acoustic representation thereof;
based on the acoustic representation, searching among the stored representations to identify a stored text phrase that best matches the spoken phrase; and
inserting into an electronic document the text phrase that is identified from searching.
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A method of constructing a text message on a mobile communications device, the method involving: storing a plurality of text phrases; for each of the text phrases, storing a representation that is derived from that text phrase; receiving a spoken phrase from a user; from the received spoken phrase generating an acoustic representation thereof; based on the acoustic representation, searching among the stored representations to identify a stored text phrase that best matches the spoken phrase; and inserting into an electronic document the text phrase that is identified from searching.
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1. A method of constructing a text message on a mobile communications device, said method comprising:
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storing a plurality of text phrases;
for each of the text phrases, storing a representation that is derived from that text phrase;
receiving a spoken phrase from a user;
from the received spoken phrase generating an acoustic representation thereof;
based on the acoustic representation, searching among the stored representations to identify a stored text phrase that best matches the spoken phrase; and
inserting into an electronic document the text phrase that is identified from searching. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile communications device comprising:
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a transmitter circuit for wirelessly communicating with a remote device;
an input circuit for receiving spoken input from a user;
a digital processing subsystem; and
a memory subsystem storing a plurality of text phrases and for each of the plurality of text phrases a corresponding representation derived therefrom, and also storing code which causes the digital processing subsystem to;
generate an acoustic representation of a spoken phrase that is received by the input circuit;
search among the stored representations to identify a stored text phrase that best matches the spoken phrase; and
insert into an electronic document the text phrase that is identified from searching. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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