Text editing with voice prompting
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1. An electronic keyboard entry and display device having a character display point comprising:
- means for encoding words descriptive of text segments to be associated with preselected positions of said display point on said display,means for generating audible tones understandable as said words responsive to said encoded words,said means for generating said audible tones responsive to the positioning of said display point in a predetermined manner in said preselected position by said electronic keyboard entry device, thereby audibly prompting an operator as to the proper text to be typed at said preselected position.
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Abstract
An electronic typewriter or other keyboard entry display device may have a voice or audio prompt option incorporated therein. The option provides for the operator to record a series of commands to position the print point as desired and then to code a series of characters spelling the word or words to be vocalized as a prompt. The recorded commands and the prompt may subsequently be played back to position the print point at a desired position on the page and the prompt vocalized to instruct the operator the nature of the entry for that position.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic keyboard entry and display device having a character display point comprising:
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means for encoding words descriptive of text segments to be associated with preselected positions of said display point on said display, means for generating audible tones understandable as said words responsive to said encoded words, said means for generating said audible tones responsive to the positioning of said display point in a predetermined manner in said preselected position by said electronic keyboard entry device, thereby audibly prompting an operator as to the proper text to be typed at said preselected position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic typewriter, having an audible prompt aid, comprising:
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a keyboard for providing inputs to said typewriter, a printing means having a print point comprising a printer and a record feeding means, one moveable with respect to the other to effect movement of said print point over said record, said movements responsive to said keyboard inputs, an electronic control means for receiving signals from said keyboard and controlling said printing means and said record feeding means for controlling the movement of said print point, and for receiving character key input from said keyboard, selective, operator controllable, means on said keyboard for indicating to said electronic control means that said character key inputs represent descriptions of data associated with a predetermined location of said print point relative to said record, means for converting said character key inputs representing descriptions into audible forms of said descriptions upon the movement of said print point to said predetermined location to advise said operator of the description of the data to be supplied for said location on said record. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A keyboard entry device having a display device for displaying characters entered at the keyboard, an entry point moveable relative to said display, comprising:
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means for moving said display point relative to said display under the control of and responsive to keyboard entry commands, means for recording a series of keyboard commands to control said means for moving, means for recording a series of keyboard commands representative of a description of data to be entered on said keyboard, means for replaying said two series of keyboard commands in the order recorded, voice synthesis means responsive to said second series of keyboard commands upon playback to vocalize said second series of keyboard commands such that the vocalization is understandable as a verbal prompt. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic keyboard entry device having an entry point at which characters are displayed,
means for storing commands for controlling movement of said entry point, means for storing commands for defining prompt messages, means for initiating playback of both said commands and terminating said playback after playback of said second commands; -
means for vocalizing words in response to said played back second commands, and means for restarting said playback. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An auditory prompting and entry scheme for key operator assistance in a memory containing system, comprising:
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operator input means including a keyboard for facilitating character and command input into a memory, an operating system to control the routing of characters and commands into and out of said memory, and to interpret and control the system in accordance with the commands given, means operative upon certain of said commands for encoding selected characters, and means for translating encoded selected characters into audible expressions, understandable as prompts, means operative upon a different command for effecting said translation of said encoded selected characters.
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19. A method of entering prompts and auditoraly prompting to aid a key operator in a memory containing system, said system including operator input means including a keyboard, an operating system for controlling the memory containing system, comprising the steps of:
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inputting characters and commands into a memory, controlling by said operating system the routing of characters and commands into and out of said memory, and interpretting and controlling the system in accordance with the commands given, encoding, upon certain of said commands, selected characters, and translating encoded selected characters into audible expressions, understandable as prompts, and effecting said translation of said encoded selected characters upon receipt of a separate command. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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