Text editing using speech recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11289092-B2
Application number	US-201916582663-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2019
Priority date	Sep 25, 2019
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for editing a text using speech recognition includes receiving, by a computer, a first voice input from a user comprising a first target word. The computer identifies instances of the first target word within the text and assigns a first numerical indicator to each instance of the first target word within the text. A selection is received from the user including the first numerical indicator corresponding to a starting point of a selection area. The computer receives a second voice input from the user including a second target word, identifies instances of the second target word within the text, assigns a second numerical indicator to each instance of the second target word, and receives a selection from the user including the second numerical indicator corresponding to an ending point of the selection area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for editing a text using speech recognition, comprising:
receiving, by a computer, a first voice input from a user comprising a first target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the first target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a first numerical indicator to each instance of the first target word within the text;
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the first numerical indicator corresponding to a starting point of a selection area;
receiving, by the computer, a second voice input from the user comprising a second target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the second target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a second numerical indicator to each instance of the second target word within the text; and
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the second numerical indicator corresponding to an ending point of the selection area, wherein the selection area located between the first numerical indicator and the second numerical indicator selected by the user comprises a segment of the text to be edited.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing, by the computer, in the selection area an editing command selected by the user from the group consisting of a copy command, a cut command, a paste command, a delete command, and an insert command.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
placing, by the computer, a first marker before the first numerical indicator corresponding to the starting point of the selection area; and
placing, by the computer, a second marker after the second numerical indicator corresponding to the ending point of the selection area.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
copying, by the computer, the selection area to a memory device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, a third voice input from the user comprising a third target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the third target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a third numerical indicator to each instance of the third target word within the text;
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the third numerical indicator corresponding to a location within the text to paste the selection area; and
pasting, by the computer, the selection area to the location corresponding to the third numerical indicator.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
placing, by the computer, a cursor before the third numerical indicator corresponding to the location to paste the selection area; or
placing, by the computer, the cursor after the third numerical indicator corresponding to the location to paste the selection area, wherein placing the cursor before or after the third numerical indicator is predetermined by the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, a fourth voice input from the user comprising a fourth target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the fourth target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a fourth numerical indicator to each instance of the fourth target word within the text;
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the fourth numerical indicator corresponding to a location within the text to insert one or more words;
receiving, by the computer, the one or more words from the user; and
inserting, by the computer, the one or more words in the location associated with the fourth numerical indicator.

8. A computer system for editing a text using speech recognition, comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, a first voice input from a user comprising a first target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the first target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a first numerical indicator to each instance of the first target word within the text;
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the first numerical indicator corresponding to a starting point of a selection area;
receiving, by the computer, a second voice input from the user comprising a second target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the second target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a second numerical indicator to each instance of the second target word within the text; and
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the second numerical indicator corresponding to an ending point of the selection area, wherein the selection area located between the first numerical indicator and the second numerical indicator selected by the user comprises a segment of the text to be edited.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
executing, by the computer, in the selection area an editing command selected by the user from the group consisting of a copy command, a cut command, a paste command, a delete command, and an insert command.

10. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
placing, by the computer, a first marker before the first numerical indicator corresponding to the starting point of the selection area; and
placing, by the computer, a second marker after the second numerical indicator corresponding to the ending point of the selection area.

11. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
copying, by the computer, the selection area to a memory device.

12. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, a third voice input from the user comprising a third target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the third target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a third numerical indicator to each instance of the third target word within the text;
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the third numerical indicator corresponding to a location within the text to paste the selection area; and
pasting, by the computer, the selection area to the location corresponding to the third numerical indicator.

13. The computer system of claim 12 , further comprising:
placing, by the computer, a cursor before the third numerical indicator corresponding to the location to paste the selection area; or
placing, by the computer, the cursor after the third numerical indicator corresponding to the location to paste the selection area, wherein placing the cursor before or after the third numerical indicator is predetermined by the user.

14. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, a fourth voice input from the user comprising a fourth target word;
identifying, by the computer, instances of the fourth target word within the text;
assigning, by the computer, a fourth numerical indicator to each instance of the fourth target word within the text;
receiving, by the computer, a selection from the user comprising the fourth numerical indicator corresponding to a location within the text to insert one or more words;
receiving, by the computer, the one or more words from the user; and
inserting, by the computer, the one or more words in the location associated with the fourth numerical indicator.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Yang Junxing
• Zhong Xuejun
• Sun Wei
• Wang Zhixia

Classifications

• G10L2015/088

  Word spotting · CPC title

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G10L15/26 Primary

  Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) · CPC title