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Abstract

An improved voice input peripheral operates in at least two modes, a portable mode (in which the peripheral records a user's voice in the peripheral's memory) and a 'local mode' (in which the peripheral downloads the contents of its memory to a computer and is used to control the computer. The peripheral includes a microphone, pointer, a pair of buttons, a bar graph display screen, a loudspeaker and a transmitter. While the user is away from the computer, he places the peripheral in the portable mode. In this mode, the microphone, pointer and pair of buttons allow the user to control the peripheral to store the user's voice in the peripheral's memory. The loudspeaker and bar graph assist the user in locating and listening to desired portions of the recorded voice. When the user returns to the computer, he places the peripheral in the local mode. In this mode, the transmitter downloads the content of the peripheral's memory to the computer and transmits signals to the computer which are representative of the microphone signal, the status of the buttons, and the status of the pointer, to thereby allow the user to operate the computer using the peripheral.

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