Patent ID: 7035805

Claim:
A method for switching between the command-mode and text-mode of operation in a voice-recognition system, the method comprising: operating the voice-recognition application in one of a command mode or a text-mode, wherein the command-mode is used to issue commands that are executable on a computer on which the voice-recognition system resides, and wherein the text-mode is used to insert text into a software application that is in use using the voice-recognition system; detecting a change in a switching device; and in response to detecting the change, operating the voice recognition application in the other of the command mode or the text mode; and wherein, after detecting the voice-recognition application as being in the command mode the method further comprises: recognizing one or more voice inputs entered by a user as one or more command; sequentially operating one or more of (i) multiple computers, (ii) multiple appliances, (iii) multiple devices, or (iv) multiple applications using the one or more commands.