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Global speech user interface

  • US 7,324,947 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2002
  • Issued: 01/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when loaded into a communications system establishes a global speech user interface (GSUI), said GSUI comprising:

  • means for performing speech recognition to transcribe spoken commands into commands acceptable by said communications system;

    means for using the transcribed spoken commands to navigate among applications hosted on said communications system; and

    means for displaying a set of visual cues to guide a user in issuing proper spoken commands, said visual cues comprising;

    a set of immediate speech feedback overlays, each of which provides non-textual feedback information about a state of said communications system;

    a set of help overlays, each of which provides a context-sensitive list of frequently used speech-activated commands for each screen of every speech-activated application;

    a set of feedback overlays, each of which provides information about a problem that said communications system is experiencing; and

    a main menu overlay that shows a list of services available to the user, each of said services being accessible by spoken command.

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