A communication device, located in a communication system, for exchange of voice and text message communications With an identified destination, said communication device comprising: means, responsive to receipt from a user of voice signals, comprising a message and associated command strings, for converting said message into text message format; means for identifying said command strings contained in said voice signals, for activation of said communication device, comprising: means for comparing said input voice signals with a predetermined set of command strings indicative of predefined communication functions; means, responsive to said comparison indicating a match of said voice signals with a one of said predetermined set of command strings, for excerpting said command strings from said voice signals, means for retrieving from a memory.[1]
A computer can “hear” and recognize spoken Words using a voice recognition system. In a voice recognition system, a microphone converts an audio signal to an analog electrical signal. A digitizer then converts the analog electrical signal to a digital electrical signal. A voice recognition program compares the digital electrical signal to phonetic models for different Words in order to discern Which Word the user has spoken. [2]