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Abstract

In a computer system including an input-output terminal and an application program having a vocabulary file of acceptable input words and keystroke characters associated with the input words, the vocabulary file and corresponding keystroke characters are automatically retrieved by an operator request through the action of a host application program. Prior to executing a speech recognition process, the retrieved vocabulary file and corresponding keystroke characters are automatically assembled by the same host application program into a syntax file according to syntax rules of a speech recognition program. The resulting vocabulary/syntax file then is compiled into a format useable by the speech recognition process program. The compiled vocabulary/syntax file is used to automatically prompt the operator to speak the various vocabulary words, causing an analog-to-digital conversion circuit to produce digital template codes that are assembled into a speech template file. The compiled vocabulary/syntax file and the speech template file are sent to and stored with the application program, and are automatically downloaded to the speech recognition program to effectuate speech-input execution of the host application program.

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