Appeal No. 1998-0665
Application 08/303,128
The invention relates to a handheld computer
peripheral for a computer with voice recognition software. In
particular, with respect to Figure 3, the peripheral 40 has a
microphone 42, a voice command button 48, a voice data button
(record) 46, and a cursor position transducer 44. The voice
data button and voice command button cooperate to allow the
user to rapidly change between command and data input without
any ambiguity as to how the voice should be interpreted by the
voice recognition software.
Independent claim 28 is reproduced as follows:
28. A data entry system comprising a handheld
peripheral and a processing system, wherein
said handheld peripheral comprises:
a microphone for providing a microphone signal
representative of a user's voice,
a voice command button for providing a command
notification signal indicating whether said voice command
button is asserted,
a voice data button for providing a data
notification signal indicating whether said voice data button
is asserted,
a cursor position transducer for providing a cursor
signal representative of a desired cursor position on a
display screen of said processing system, and
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