Method and apparatus for editing documents through voice recognition

• US 5,875,429 A
• Filed: 05/20/1997
• Issued: 02/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Applied Voice Recognition, Inc. (E-Docs MD, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Applied Voice Recognition, Inc. (E-Docs MD, Inc.)
• Inventors: Douglas, H. Russel
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth, David R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOFOCLEOUS, MICHAEL D
• Application Number:
  US08/859,127
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 704/271, 704/275, 704/235, 707/513-516, 707/530, 707/531
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus that places visual markers onto the display of a document on a graphical user interface. The visual markers assist in the navigation around the document by numbered artifacts.

Claims

1. In a data processing system including a central processing unit, a voice recognition unit, and a graphical display, a method of displaying navigation artifacts on the display of a document, the method comprising the steps of:

a. receiving a voice order by the voice recognition unit, the voice order comprising a command portion and a target portion;

b. parsing the command portion of the voice order by the central processing unit to determine locations within the document of targets designated by the voice order;

c. ascertaining within the document the location of each target determined by the step of parsing; and

d. placing an artifact on the display at the location of each target ascertained.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the artifact comprises a sequentially numbered emblem at each target location within the document.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the target comprises a sentence within the document.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the target comprises a word within the document.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the target comprises a paragraph within the documents.

6. A display system for displaying visible artifacts in a document in a data processing system, the display system comprising:

a. a central processing unit;

b. a voice recognition unit to provide command input to the central processing unit;

c. a graphical display to provide visible output from the central processing unit;

d. the voice recognition unit providing means for receiving a voice order by the voice recognition unit, the voice order comprising a command portion and a target portion; and

e. means within the central processing unit

i. for parsing the command portion of the voice order to determine locations within the document of targets designated by the voice order;

ii. for ascertaining within the document the location of each target determined by the step of parsing; and

iii. for placing an artifact on the display at the location of each target ascertained.

7. The display system of claim 6, wherein any artifact placed on the display is visually distinct from any other artifact placed on the display.