VOICE KEYBOARD

• US 20130300666A1
• Filed: 05/11/2012
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Archer, Donald Gene, Wang, Andrien John
• Application Number:
  US13/469,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20130300666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A method may include receiving a keyed input from a user in a user device, wherein the keyed input indicates a letter of a word. The method may also include receiving an audio input from the user in the user device, wherein the audio input indicates the word. The method may also include generating a first list of predicted words based on the audio input and the keyed input from the user and displaying the first list of predicted words to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a keyed input from a user in a user device, wherein the keyed input indicates a letter of a word;

receiving an audio input from the user in the user device, wherein the audio input indicates the word;

generating a first list of predicted words based on the audio input and the keyed input from the user; and

displaying the first list of predicted words to the user on a display.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a second list of predicted words based on the keyed input and not the audio input; and

generating a third list of predicted words based on the audio input and not the keyed input,

wherein generating the first list of predicted words includes generating the first list of predicted words based on the second list of predicted words and the third list of predicted words.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

echoing the keyed input to a field on the display;

receiving a selection of one of the words in the first list of predicted words; and

displaying the selected one of the words in the field on the display, wherein the selected one of the words replaces the echoed keyed input.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving another keyed input from the user, wherein the other keyed input indicates another letter of the word;

updating the second list of predicted words based on the other keyed input;

updating the first list of predicted words based on the updated second list of predicted words and the third list of predicted words.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the audio input through a network to speech-to-text logic to recognize the audio input and to generate the second list of predicted words based on the audio input; and

receiving the second list of predicted words in the user device from the speech-to-text logic through the network.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the keyed input through the network to text prediction logic to generate the first list of predicted words; and

receiving the first list of predicted words in the user device from the text prediction logic through the network.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying an icon indicating to the user that the displayed third list of predicted words is based on the audio input and the keyed input.

8. A system comprising:

a user device comprising;

a keyboard to receive a keyed input from a user, wherein the keyed input indicates a letter of a word;

a microphone to receive an audio input from the user in the user device, wherein the audio input indicates the word; and

a display to display a first list of predicted words to the user, wherein the first list of predicted words is generated based on the audio input and the keyed input from the user.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

one or more processors to;

generate a second list of predicted words based on the keyed input and not the audio input;

generate a third list of predicted words based on the audio input and not the keyed input;

generate the first list of predicted words based on the second list of predicted words and the second list of predicted words.

10. The system of claim 8,

wherein the display is configured to echo the keyed input to a field on the display,

wherein the keyboard is configured to receive a selection of one of the words in the first list of predicted words displayed, and

wherein the display is configured to display the selected one of the words in the field on the display, wherein the selected one of the words replaces the echoed keyed input.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the keyboard is configured to receive another keyed input from the user, wherein the other keyed input indicates another letter of the word;

wherein the processor is configured to update the second list of predicted words based on the other keyed input;

wherein the processor is configured to update the first list of predicted words based on the updated second list of predicted words and the third list of predicted words.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the user device further comprises:

a transmitter to transmit the audio input through a network to speech-to-text logic to recognize the audio input and to generate the second list of predicted words based on the audio input; and

a receiver to receive the second list of predicted words in the user device from the speech-to-text logic through the network.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a transmitter to transmit the keyed input through the network to text prediction logic to generate the first list of predicted words; and

a receiver to receive the first list of predicted words in the user device from the text prediction logic through the network.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the display is configured to display an icon indicating to the user that the displayed first list of predicted words is based on the audio input and the keyed input.

15. A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive a keyed input from a user in a user device, wherein the keyed input indicates a letter of a word;

instructions to receive an audio input from the user in the user device, wherein the audio input indicates the word; and

instructions to display a first list of predicted words on a display of the user device, wherein the first list of predicted words is based on the audio input and the keyed input from the user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

instructions to generate a second list of predicted words based on the keyed input and not the audio input;

instructions to generate a third list of predicted words based on the audio input and not the keyed input, wherein the instructions to generate the first list of words includes instructions to generate the first list of predicted words based on the second list of words and the third list of words.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

instructions to echo the keyed input to a field on the display;

instructions to receive a selection of one of the words in the first list of predicted words displayed; and

instructions to display the selected one of the words in the field on the display, wherein the selected one of the words replaces the echoed keyed input.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising:

instructions to receive another keyed input from the user, wherein the other keyed input indicates another letter of the word;

instructions to update the second list of predicted words based on the other keyed input; and

instructions to update the first list of predicted words based on the updated second list of predicted words and the third list of predicted words.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising:

instructions to transmit the audio input through a network to speech-to-text logic to recognize the audio input and to generate the second list of predicted words based on the audio input; and

instructions to receive the second list of predicted words in the user device from the speech-to-text logic through the network;

instructions to transmit the keyed input through the network to text prediction logic to generate the first list of predicted words; and

instructions to receive the first list of predicted words in the user device from the text prediction logic through the network.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

instructions to display an icon indicating to the user that the displayed third list of predicted words is based on the audio input and the keyed input.