Keypad-assisted speech recognition for text or command input to concurrently-running computer application
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1. A method for facilitating the identification of spoken words by a speech recognition computer application which accesses a storage device containing dictionary entries and which inputs identified words into a concurrently running computer application, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. receiving an audio signal representing a word spoken by a user;
b. receiving a user keyed entry through a user-manipulable key pad representing at least the initial letter of the spoken word;
c. after steps a. and b., automatically selecting a match between said spoken word and said dictionary entries by comparing said audio signal only with those dictionary entries containing said at least the initial letter; and
e. then inserting said match into the concurrently running computer application, without requiring further user input.
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Abstract
A method for recognizing a spoken audio signal as input data to a computer includes receiving the spoken audio signal at an input device of the computer, receiving a typed first letter of the spoken audio signal at the input device of the computer and searching through entries that begin with the typed first letter in a dictionary in the computer for a best match with the spoken audio signal.
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1. A method for facilitating the identification of spoken words by a speech recognition computer application which accesses a storage device containing dictionary entries and which inputs identified words into a concurrently running computer application, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. receiving an audio signal representing a word spoken by a user; b. receiving a user keyed entry through a user-manipulable key pad representing at least the initial letter of the spoken word; c. after steps a. and b., automatically selecting a match between said spoken word and said dictionary entries by comparing said audio signal only with those dictionary entries containing said at least the initial letter; and e. then inserting said match into the concurrently running computer application, without requiring further user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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