Patent ID: 8359203

Claim:
A method for speech enabling a multi-modal browser having an associated first speech-enabled markup specifying at least one browser operation to be executed when a first speech input is detected, the multi-modal browser capable of rendering web pages, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a speech-enabled web page within the multi-modal browser, the web page comprising at least one speech enabled element, the at least one speech-enable element associated with a second speech-enable markup specifying at least one web page operation to be executed upon detecting a second speech input; receiving user speech input; determining whether the first speech-enabled markup has focus or the second speech-enabled markup has focus; executing said at least one browser operation if the first speech-enabled markup has focus and the user speech input is detected as the first speech input; and executing the at least one web page operation if the second speech-enabled mark-up has focus and the user speech input is detected as the second speech input.