Global speech user interface
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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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Abstract
A global speech user interface (GSUI) comprises an input system to receive a user'"'"'s spoken command, a feedback system along with a set of feedback overlays to give the user information on the progress of his spoken requests, a set of visual cues on the television screen to help the user understand what he can say, a help system, and a model for navigation among applications. The interface is extensible to make it easy to add new applications.
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24 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of providing a global speech user interface, comprising operations of:
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performing speech recognition to transcribe spoken input into commands satisfying predetermined criteria; using the transcribed spoken commands to navigate among predetermined applications; 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 global speech user interface; a set of help overlays, each of which provides a context-sensitive list of frequently used speech-activated commands for screens of speech-activated ones of the predetermined applications; a set of feedback overlays, each of which provides information about a problem that said global speech user interface 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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24. A global speech user interface system, comprising:
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a speech recognition system transcribing spoken input into machine-recognizable commands; a navigation system using the transcribed spoken commands to navigate among predetermined applications; an overlay system programmed to display 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 global speech user interface system; a set of help overlays, each of which provides a context-sensitive list of frequently used speech-activated commands for screens of speech-activated ones of the predetermined applications; a set of feedback overlays, each of which provides information about a problem that said global speech user interface 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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