System and method for entering alphanumeric characters in a wireless communication device

摘要

A wireless communications device (100) may include an audio-input device (118), a memory (104), a voice-recognition engine (122) and various features which may make use of alphanumeric characters, such as the ability to send electronic messages and to store address information and the like. In one embodiment, the audio-input device (118) receives audio-data and the voice-recognition engine (122) is configured to interpret the audio-data as matching a selected one of a set of alphanumeric characters. The selected alphanumeric character is stored in the memory (104) for subsequent use in the operation of the wireless communications device (100).