Source Code Commenting Via Speech Recording and Recognition

• US 20070288889A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Harrison, Christopher, Mao, Meng, Parker, Christopher G.
• Application Number:
  US11/422,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20070288889A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/73 Program documentation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A computer programmer can verbally add comments to source code by making verbal utterances into a microphone. These utterances are detected and recorded with an audio recording program. The recorded utterances are converted to text which also contain references to the audio data. The programmer indicates relevant source code positions by using key phrases in the utterances or by cursor position. The text and links to the audio recording are then inserted into relevant source code positions as comments.

Claims

1. A method enabling a computer programmer to verbally add comments to source code comprising:

detecting utterances made by said programmer with a microphone;

recording said utterances detected from said programmer with an audio recording program;

converting said utterances recorded by said audio recording program to text;

creating links to said audio recording;

indicating a relevant source code position determined by cursor; and

inserting said text and links to said voice recording at said relevant source code position.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising one of enabling and disabling said inserting of said text and said links.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising replaying said recording of said utterances.

4. A method enabling a computer programmer to verbally add comments to source code comprising:

detecting utterances made by said programmer with a microphone;

recording said utterances detected from said programmer with an audio recording program;

converting said utterances recorded by said audio recording program to text;

creating links to said audio recording;

indicating a relevant source code position determined by key phrases detected in said utterances;

inserting said text and links to said voice recording at said relevant source code position; and

replaying said recording of said utterances.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising one of enabling and disabling said inserting of said text and said links.

6. The method of claim 4, said replaying further comprising replaying said recording of said utterances through the execution path of said source code.