Patent ID: 11914924
Assignee: JOHN HOLST, III
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A voice recognition apparatus comprising:
a mouse in communication with a computing device, the computing device configured to run an application, the mouse comprising:
a microphone;
a processor coupled to the microphone; and
a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
detect a first selection for identifying a location in the application;
detect a second selection for invoking the microphone;
capture audio speech from a user using the microphone;
transmit the audio speech to the computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to transmit a request to a speech-to-text system to convert the audio speech into text, receive the text from the speech-to-text system, and provide the text to the application for input into the location in the application; and
transmit the audio speech to a second computing device configured to convert the audio speech into text and provide the text to a second application for input into a second location of the second application.