Abstract: A method for marking dictated text for deferred correction or review of dictated text in a speech recognition system proofreader, comprising the steps of: displaying previously dictated text; sequentially highlighting words in the text; selectively establishing a mark for different ones of the sequentially highlighted words responsive to user commands; and, storing the marks in an ordered list, each of the marks including a current position and length of a corresponding marked word, whereby the marked words can be later recalled for correction in accordance with the ordered list. The method can, further comprise the steps of: displaying the previously dictated text in a first display window; sequentially displaying in a second display window a portion of the previously dictated text including the sequentially highlighted word; and, sequentially displaying in a third display window within the second display window the sequentially highlighted word.

Abstract: A method for marking dictated text for deferred correction or review of dictated text in a speech recognition system proofreader, comprising the steps of: displaying previously dictated text; sequentially highlighting words in the text; selectively establishing a mark for different ones of the sequentially highlighted words responsive to user commands; and, storing the marks in an ordered list, each of the marks including a current position and length of a corresponding marked word, whereby the marked words can be later recalled for correction in accordance with the ordered list. The method can, further comprise the steps of: displaying the previously dictated text in a first display window; sequentially displaying in a second display window a portion of the previously dictated text including the sequentially highlighted word; and, sequentially displaying in a third display window within the second display window the sequentially highlighted word.

Abstract: A method for marking dictated text for deferred correction or review of dictated text in a speech recognition system proofreader, comprising the steps of: displaying previously dictated text; sequentially highlighting words in the text; selectively establishing a mark for different ones of the sequentially highlighted words responsive to user commands; and, storing the marks in an ordered list, each of the marks including a current position and length of a corresponding marked word, whereby the marked words can be later recalled for correction in accordance with the ordered list. The method can, further comprise the steps of: displaying the previously dictated text in a first display window; sequentially displaying in a second display window a portion of the previously dictated text including the sequentially highlighted word; and, sequentially displaying in a third display window within the second display window the sequentially highlighted word.

Abstract: A method for inserting a delay between the playback of individual words or phrases by a speech recognition system, comprises the steps of: (A) waiting for a playback command; (B) measuring a delay upon occurrence of the playback command; (C) initiating playback of only one of the individual words or phrases upon expiration of the delay; (D) waiting for a subsequent playback command; and, (E) upon occurrence of the subsequent playback command, repeating the steps (B), (C) and (D) for playing subsequent ones of the individual words or phrases, one at a time. The method can further comprise the steps of: (F) comparing a user requested delay to a predetermined delay; (G) changing from one at a time playback to continuous playback whenever the user requested delay is not greater than the predetermined delay; and, (H) changing from continuous playback to one at a time playback whenever the user requested delay is greater than the predetermined delay.

Abstract: In a TTS system external to a TTS engine, a method for dynamically altering text-to-speech (TTS) attributes of a TTS engine not inherently capable of dynamic attribute alteration is disclosed. The method of the invention can include several steps beginning with the step of representing in the external system a resettable start word position value by a first variable. Second, a current word position offset value can be represented in the external system by a second variable. Third, the second variable can be updated in the external system each time a word of the specified text is played back. Fourth, the TTS playback can be stopped in response to a user request to alter the TTS attribute. Fifth, after stopping the TTS playback, the TTS engine attribute can be altered. Also, after stopping the TTS playback, the first variable can be replaced in the external system with a new start word position value corresponding to the next successive unplayed word of the specified text.

Abstract: A method for managing a speech application, comprising the steps of: categorizing text from a sequential list of playable elements recorded in a dictation session into segments of only dictated playable elements and segments of only non-dictated playable elements; and, playing back the list of playable elements audibly on a segment-by-segment basis, the segments of dictated playable elements being played back from previously recorded audio and the segments of non-dictated playable elements being played back with a text-to-speech engine. The list of playable elements can be played back without having to determine during the playing back, on a playable-element-by-playable-element basis, whether previously recorded audio is available. The list of playable elements can be simultaneously played back audibly and displayed whether the playable elements are dictated or non-dictated.

Abstract: A method, and corresponding program routine, for displaying text in a proofreader associated with a speech recognition application, comprising the steps of: retrieving initial text responsive to a user request; displaying the initial text in a centered position in a display window of a graphical user interface; retrieving further text responsive to a further user request; replacing the initial text with the further text in the centered position of the display window; and, repeating the retrieving further text step and the replacing step until no further text is requested. Previous text and following text can be selectively retrieved for use in the replacing step. The initial text and the further text can be contextual phrases including a target word and words immediately preceding and following the target word. The target words are displayed in the centered position even if the contextual phrase as a whole is not centered in the display window.

Abstract: In-place line width selection for use in a computer based graphics application employing a drawing tool includes the steps of (i) activating a line width selection mode upon an occurrence of a first event designating an initial point of contact in a drawing area by the drawing tool; (ii) growing an "ink-spill" to a desired line width dimension at the initial point of contact in the drawing area; and (iii) entering a graphic line drawing mode with the drawing tool for drawing a graphic line having the desired line width dimension selected according to the "ink-spill" grown in the previous step.