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Multi-action voice macro method

US5873064A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateNov 8, 1996
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/228
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method for implementing a multi-action voice macro (140) for a voice recognition navigator program (102) on a computer system. The method involves analyzing a target application program (22) to determine a plurality of target application states (24). Each of the target application states (24) is comprised of a plurality of window objects. The target application states are arranged in the form of one or more sub-context trees, with each of the sub-context trees comprised of a plurality of sub-context objects (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68). A set of user inputs is determined to which each of the window objects will be responsive. Each user input is assigned a corresponding voice macro (140) which simulates the user inputs in response to a spoken utterance. The voice macro (140) includes a link field (148), which identifies at least one linked macro to be executed by the navigator program (102) when a specific vocabulary phrase for the voice macro (140) is spoken by a user.

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