Method and apparatus for voice dictation and document production

• US 20050102146A1
• Filed: 12/20/2004
• Published: 05/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Lucas, Stephen Miko, Steven A. Bennington
• Original Assignee: Mark Lucas, Stephen Miko, Steven A. Bennington
• Inventors: Lucas, Mark, Bennington, Steven A., Miko, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US11/014,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20050102146A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

Multiple documents including multiple fields may be produced using a voice recognition engine to transcribe dictated notes. An embodiment of an apparatus to generate documents from a user'"'"'s dictation may include a computer interface and a computer in communication with the computer interface including a voice recognition engine, a database, and a memory. A method of entry of dictation into a plurality of documents may include receiving an indication of a selection of a plurality of documents from a list of documents, receiving an indication of a field descriptor of a first field in a document, receiving dictated speech to be entered into the first field, writing transcribed text representative of the dictated speech to the first field, and writing the transcribed text to other fields having the same descriptor in each of the other selected plurality of documents.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

retrieving a plurality of data fields from a memory;

populating at least a first data field in the plurality of data fields with default data;

populating at least a second data field in the plurality of data fields with non-default data downloaded from a database; and

populating at least a third data field in the plurality of data fields with data generated by a voice recognition engine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the default data is a frequently used phrase.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the default data is a normal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-default data downloaded from the database is medical patient data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-default data downloaded from the database is downloaded in real-time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a practice management system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data generated by a voice recognition engine is data associated with a voice command.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data generated by a voice recognition engine is data associated with a macro.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data generated by a voice recognition engine is data associated with a macro.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data generated by a voice recognition engine is decoded as a macro name having data associated therewith, and populating the third field with the data associated with the macro name.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data generated by a voice recognition engine is decoded as a macro name having a variable name associated therewith, and

prompting a user for a value associated with the variable name.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the prompting comprises one of an audible cue, a visual cue, and a combined audible and visual cue.