Visual marker for speech enabled links
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1. A method for notifying a user that a link is enabled for activation through voice input comprising:
- displaying a visual marker for a hyperlink to indicate that the hyperlink is activatable thorough voice input, where the visual marker is not displayed for the hyperlink when the hyperlink is not activatable through voice input even if the hyperlink is activatable through other forms of user input.
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Abstract
A method for notifying a user that a link is enabled for activation through voice input. The method can display a visual marker for a hyperlink to indicate that the hyperlink is activatable thorough voice input. The visual marker is not displayed for the hyperlink when the hyperlink is not activatable through voice input even if the hyperlink is activatable through other forms of user input. Visual markers can include such indicators as double underlining the hyperlink, surrounding the hyperlink with a box, and altering the background color of the hyperlink.
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1. A method for notifying a user that a link is enabled for activation through voice input comprising:
displaying a visual marker for a hyperlink to indicate that the hyperlink is activatable thorough voice input, where the visual marker is not displayed for the hyperlink when the hyperlink is not activatable through voice input even if the hyperlink is activatable through other forms of user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the step of:
displaying a visual marker for a hyperlink to indicate that the hyperlink is activatable thorough voice input, where the visual marker is not displayed for the hyperlink when the hyperlink is not activatable through voice input even if the hyperlink is activatable through other forms of user input.
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13. A visual interface comprising:
at least one visual marker for a hyperlink to indicate that the hyperlink is activatable thorough voice input, where the visual marker is not displayed for the hyperlink when the hyperlink is not activatable through voice input even if the hyperlink is activatable through other forms of user input. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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