Text processing system including a speech recognition device and text change means for changing a text-block data

• US 6,804,644 B1
• Filed: 03/02/1999
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications Austria Gmbh (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Röggla, Harald, Muszta, Attila, Janek, Gabor, Wutte, Heribert
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil, Richemond
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lerner, Martin
• Application Number:
  US09/260,341
• Time in Patent Office: 2,051 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235, 704/251, 704/270, 704/275, 704/276, 715/500.1, 715/531
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

In a text processing system (1) are provided a speech recognition device (2) to which a spoken command information signal (SI) can be applied in a command inputting mode of the speech recognition device (2) and which is arranged for producing a control data (CI) assigned to one of the applied spoken command information signals (SI), and a text processing device (20, 21) which can be brought to an active state for processing a text data (TI), while a text-block data (MT) of a stored text data (TI) can be featured in the text processing device (20, 21) and the text processing device (20, 21) can be supplied with a control data (CI) by the speech recognition device (2) for changing a featured text-block data (MT) and, furthermore, text change means (32) are provided to which a further control data (BI) assigned to a further spoken command information signal (SI) can be delivered in the command inputting mode of the speech recognition device (2), while the text change means (32) are arranged for changing a text-block data (MT) featured in the text processing device (20, 21) in accordance with the further spoken command information signal (SI) applied to the speech recognition device (2).

Claims

1. A text processing system, comprising:

an input for providing text selection commands and editing commands;

a first text editor for selecting text according to the text selection commands and for editing the selected text according to first predetermined editing commands when the first text editor is activated;

a second text editor for editing the selected text according to second predetermined editing commands when an editing command to edit the selected text is one of the second predetermined editing commands and not one of the first predetermined editing commands when the second text editor is not activated and first text editor is activated when the editing command is received.

2. The text processing system of claim 1 wherein the input includes a speech recognition device for providing the text selection commands and editing commands in response to spoken input.

3. A text processing system, comprising:

an input for providing editor activation commands and text selection commands and editing commands;

multiple text editors each for selecting text according to the text selection data and for editing the selected text according to predetermined editing commands of the text editor, the text editors having different predetermined editing commands;

control means for activating one of the multiple text editors according to the activation commands, the editor activated being a command activated editor, only one editor at a time being the activated, and for determining whether each of the editing commands for editing the selected text are included in the predetermined commands of the command activated editor, and if not, then selecting another editor that includes the editing command in its predetermined editing commands, that editor being a control selected editor, and for activating the control selected editor for editing the selected text according to the editing command, and then for reactivating the command activated editor for subsequent editing.

4. The text processing system of claim 3 wherein the input includes a speech recognition device for providing the editor activation commands and text selection commands and editing commands in response to spoken input.