Patent ID: 6963840

Claim:
In a speech recognition system, a method of using multiple cursors for dictation and correction, said method comprising the steps of: simultaneously establishing and maintaining a correction cursor and an insertion cursor within a body of text, wherein said correction cursor is associated with a speech correction function, and wherein said insertion cursor is associated with a speech insertion function; when a speech recognition system enters a correction mode, detecting location in the body of text specified by said correction cursor; beginning at the detected location, searching for a user specified portion of text to be corrected within said body of text; locating the user specified portion of text; substituting an alternate user specified portion of text for said user specified portion of text within said body of text; automatically relocating said correction cursor within said body of text at a location defined by said alternate user specified portion of text, and when a speech recognition system enters a dictation mode, automatically relocating the insertion cursor to the end of said body of text.