Patent ID: 7403898

Claim:
A method for implementing voice-commanded, application-specific functions, comprising: receiving voice commands at a cordless digital headset, the cordless digital headset including a processor executing a voice recognition application, a text-to-speech engine, and a speech/text interface application, the cordless digital headset in communication with user applications, the user applications including a word processing application, an email application, and a web browser application; the voice recognition application, text-to-speech engine, and speech/text interface application collectively implementing: translating the voice commands into a machine-readable format, the voice commands requesting activation of one of the user applications and implementation of an application-specific function with respect to the activated user application; executing the application-specific function requested in the voice commands; and providing an acknowledgement message to the text-to-speech engine, the acknowledgement message indicating whether the application-specific function was successfully completed.