Abstract: A system and method for converting spoken vocal input to a data-encoded text string, and annotating/mixing the text string with prepared presentation materials while concurrently displaying the materials to a live audience.

Abstract: A live-presentation utterance-capture system includes a microphone accessible to a speaker at a live presentation; a voice-recognition mechanism configured lingually to interpret a vocal utterance received at the microphone from the speaker; a database mechanism configured to store the lingual interpretation of the vocal utterance in a visual form; and, optionally, a presentation mechanism configured to present to an audience at the live presentation a visual representation of the vocal utterance in the visual form.

Abstract: The invented apparatus, system and method for examining a student's oral answer capability includes a presentation mechanism for presenting a program test including one or more questions and soliciting one or more answers as oral inputs; a voice recognition mechanism for receiving a voice stream from a student oral recitation and for converting the voice stream to text-based essay form and for recording the same as a first given answer; answer key data stored in memory, the answer key data representing an ideal answer; a correlation mechanism coupled with the first given answer and with the stored answer key data for comparing the given answer to the stored answer key; and a grading mechanism coupled with the correlation mechanism for assigning a point score representing the merit of the given answer relative to the stored answer key data, wherein the point score represents the level of correlation therebetween.