Appeal No. 2003-0193 Application 09/306,469 hand-held scanners and digital scanning cameras. Claim 1, directed toward the method, is illustrative: 1. A voice macro control method for a voice controlled capture device comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a first voice macro command voice input in a voice pickup component of said voice controlled capture device; (b) converting said first voice macro command voice input into a first digital signal and sending said first digital signal to a host processor; (c) converting, within said host processor, said first digital signal into a first recognition pattern; (d) comparing said first recognition pattern to at least one stored recognition pattern stored in a voice macro command recognition table; (e) when said first recognition pattern matches one of said at least one stored recognition patterns stored in said voice macro command recognition table, retrieving a voice macro command file linked to said one of said at least one stored recognition patterns, and sending said voice macro command file to said capture device; (f) accessing, within said capture device, at least one command number from said voice macro command file; (g) finding a matching command number in a voice command recognition table; (h) retrieving a first voice command file linked to said matching command number in said voice command recognition table; and 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007