Patent ID: 7495585
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising a control unit for controlling functions of the electronic device, audio output, and a user input device for navigating through a plurality of available user interface input options and for confirming a selected input option, wherein the electronic device is configured to detect selection of a first input option on the basis of a first input to the input device and confirm the first input option as a response to detection of a second input to the input device, the first input option representing a character and the second input being associated with a function for adding the character as part of a character sequence entered by the user, the control unit is configured to define, as a response to detecting a selection of the character on the basis of the detection of the first input to the input device, an audio segment specific to the character, the control unit is configured to cause an output of the defined audio segment via the audio output prior to the confirmation, the control unit is configured to select a second input option associated with an action relating to the character sequence as a response to detection of a third input to the input device, the control unit is configured to cause an output of an audio segment specific to the action, and the control unit is configured to initiate an action associated with an inputted character sequence as a response to detection of a fourth input following the third input to the input device.