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1. A computerized communication device comprising:
a touch display screen, a data repository, voice telephony circuitry and voice telephony functions, and an earphone output coupled to an earphone; a data repository; and software executing from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing an interactive interface on the display screen including a command selection, initiated via interaction by a user with the display screen, activating a quiet-mode application; wherein the device operating in quiet mode, upon a user connecting to an incoming voice call from a caller;
(i) receives audio signals in the voice call from the caller, converts only those audio signals to text and presents the text in a first region of the display;(ii) mines the converted text in the first region of the display for keywords or phrases, and the software selects specific second words or phrases from the database, related to the converted text, and displays the second words or phrases in a second region of the display screen, individual ones of the second words or phrases selectable by the user; and wherein one second word or phrase, displayed in the second region of the display, is selected by the user to make a response in the voice call, while viewing the converted text displayed in the first region, and the quiet-mode application checks whether there is in the data repository a recorded sound file associated with the selected second word or phrase, and if so, plays the associated recorded sound file in the connected telephone call, and if there are no pre-recorded sound files associated with the selected second word or phrase, the software converts the text of the selected second word or phrase into synthetic speech, which is played to the connected telephone call. |
