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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2005
Stephen R Falcon, Woodinville, WA (US);
Clement Chun Pong Yip, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dan Banay, Seattle, WA (US);
David M Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen R Falcon, Woodinville, WA (US);
Clement Chun Pong Yip, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dan Banay, Seattle, WA (US);
David M Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for a speech system that includes one or more speech controls incorporated into one or more speech-enabled applications that run on the speech system. The controls allow applications to be developed with minimal programming effort to incorporate common speech-enabled application functions. A question control provides a customizable template for requesting information from a user. An announcer control allows a speech-enabled application to provide a user with information without having to re-create an entire announcer process each time it is used. A command control provides a simple way to attach command and control functions to speech-enabled applications. A word trainer control provides a way to associate user-selected voice tags with certain information. Providing the controls for use with speech-enabled applications ensures standardized user interfaces across multiple speech-enabled applications.