Abstract: A method, apparatus, and electronic device for voice navigation are disclosed. A voice input mechanism 310 may receive a verbal input from a user to a voice user interface program invisible to the user. A processor 104 may identify in a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of GUI items. The processor 104 may convert the set of GUI items to a set of voice searchable indices 400. The processor 104 may correlate a matching GUI item of the set of GUI items to a phonemic representation of the verbal input.

Abstract: A device and method of detecting a mode of inputting speech to a wireless device includes a processor (220) communicatively coupled to a user input (218), an audio input (206), a timer (211), and a speech processor (230). The processor (220) monitors the user input (218) and, upon detection of a first change in state of the user input (218), opens an input channel from the audio input (206) to the speech processor (230), monitors the timer (211) for an elapsed time, and monitors the user input (218) for a second change of state. Upon detection of the second change of state after a predetermined amount of time elapses, the input channel is closed. Upon detection of the second change of state before a predetermined amount of time elapses, the user input is monitored for a third change of state and upon detecting the third change of state, the input channel is closed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for identifying an input sequence entered by a user of a communication unit. The method includes the steps of providing a database containing a plurality of partial sequences from the user of the communication unit, recognizing an identity of at least some information items of the input sequence entered by the user, comparing the recognized sequence of information items with the plurality of partial sequences within the database and selecting a partial sequence of the plurality of sequences within the database with a closest relative match to the recognized sequence as the input sequence intended by the user.

Abstract: An electronic device (300) for speech dialog includes functions that receive (305, 105) a speech phrase that comprises a request phrase that includes an instantiated variable (215), generate (335, 115) pitch and voicing characteristics (315) of the instantiated variable, and performs speech recognition (319, 125) of the instantiated variable to determine a most likely set of acoustic states (235). The electronic device may generate (335, 140) a synthesized value of the instantiated variable using the most likely set of acoustic states and the pitch and voicing characteristics of the instantiated variable. The electronic device may use a table of previously entered values of variables that have been determined to be unique, and in which the values are associated with a most likely set of acoustic states and the pitch and voicing characteristics determined at the receipt of each value to disambiguate (425, 430) a newly received instantiated variable.

Abstract: An electronic device (300) for speech dialog includes functions that receive (305, 105) a speech phrase that comprises a request phrase that includes an instantiated variable (215), generate (335, 115) pitch and voicing characteristics (315) of the instantiated variable, and performs voice recognition (319, 125) of the instantiated variable to determine a most likely set of acoustic states (235). The electronic device may generate (335, 140) a synthesized value of the instantiated variable using the most likely set of acoustic states and the pitch and voicing characteristics of the instantiated variable. The electronic device may use a table of previously entered values of variables that have been determined to be unique, and in which the values are associated with a most likely set of acoustic states and the pitch and voicing characteristics determined at the receipt of each value to disambiguate (425, 430) a newly received instantiated variable.