Computer-aided transcription system using pronounceable substitute text with a common cross-reference library

• US 20020049588A1
• Filed: 04/17/2001
• Published: 04/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1993
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Engate LLC
• Original Assignee: Engate, Inc.
• Inventors: Jarvis, Lawrence M., Bennett, James D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,805,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/313 Selection or weighting of terms for indexing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/268 Morphological analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/10 with dictation recording and playback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2368 : Multiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4341 : Demultiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/073 : for mutually locking plural sources of synchronising signals, e.g. studios or relay stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 : Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 : Conference systems

Abstract

A transcription network having linked computer terminals for a court reporter and for examining, defending, and associate attorneys is disclosed. Cross-reference libraries, phoneme libraries, phoneme dictionaries, and pronunciation indices are used by a reporter terminal to generate readable text transcripts which are communicated to the other terminals for real-time review. Cross-reference libraries provide for the bulk of the transcription while stenographic keystrokes that cannot be directly transcribed are converted to phoneme text or other pronounceable form for down-line readability. A common cross-reference library is provided to supplement local cross-reference libraries to aid transcription and to provide for standardization. The reporter terminal provides for update and preparation of the local cross-reference libraries using case law and evidence prior to a proceeding, as well as provides key-stroke training for the court reporter. Foreign language tables are also provided to service proceedings involving two or more languages.

Claims

1. A reporting system having a transcriber which operates on coded representations of spoken words and having cross-reference and phoneme libraries comprising:

cross-reference means using a cross-reference library for identifying associations between coded representations of spoken words and corresponding alphabetic and numeric text;

phoneme means using a phoneme library for associating representations of spoken words with pronounceable text; and

said phoneme means operable on representations of spoken words for which said cross-reference means cannot identify associations.

2. The reporting system of claim 1 further comprising pronunciation index means operable on representations of spoken words for which said phoneme means and said cross-reference means cannot identify associations.

3. The reporting system of claim 1 further comprising phoneme library means responsive to said phoneme means for identifying associations between code representations of spoken words and corresponding alphabetical and numeric text.

4. The reporting system of claim 1 wherein said transcriber operates on associations identified to provide foreign language translation.

5. The reporting system of claim 1 further comprising:

a foreign language table; and

said transcriber operates on associations identified to provide translations of the identified associations by referencing said foreign language table.

6. A transcription system which operates on coded representations of spoken words comprising:

a local cross-reference library which is stored in a local database;

a common cross-reference library which is stored in a remote database; and

comparison means for updating the common and local cross-reference libraries.

7. The transcription system used by a court reporter according to claim 6 further comprising:

means for training the court reporter; and

means for providing an interactive updating of the cross-reference libraries.

8. A transcription system comprising:

a cross-reference library;

a case database containing words relating to a specific lawsuit at issue;

means for automatically comparing the cross-reference library with the case database; and

means responsive to the means for automatically comparing for updating the cross-reference library.

9. The transcription system according to claim 8 wherein the case database further comprises a case evidence database.

10. The transcription system according to claim 8 wherein the case database further comprises a case law database.