Real-time transcription system
First Claim
1. A transcription system for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said system comprising:
- a transcription terminal for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text;
a conversion unit for translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converting said transcript into a signal to be transmitted to an authorized receiving unit over a communication link; and
a presentation object to be transmitted to said authorized receiving unit for presenting said transcript of said spoken words.
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Abstract
A transcription system and method that includes a transcription terminal for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text, and a conversion unit for translating the units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of the spoken words and converting said transcript into a signal to be transmitted to an authorized receiving unit over a communication link. The system and method optionally includes any of a presentation object to be transmitted to the authorized receiving unit, a wireless access point for transmitting serial data representing the transcript, and suppression of an automatic network identifier.
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48 Claims
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1. A transcription system for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said system comprising:
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a transcription terminal for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text;
a conversion unit for translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converting said transcript into a signal to be transmitted to an authorized receiving unit over a communication link; and
a presentation object to be transmitted to said authorized receiving unit for presenting said transcript of said spoken words. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing real-time access to a transcript of spoken words, said method comprising the steps of:
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recording said spoken words as units of transcribed text;
translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words;
converting said transcript of said spoken words into a signal to be transmitted to an authorized receiving unit over a communication link;
transmitting a presentation object to said authorized receiving unit for presenting said transcript; and
transmitting said signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A transcription system for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said system comprising:
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a transcription terminal for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text;
a conversion unit for translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converting said transcript into serial data; and
a wireless access point for transmitting said serial data to an authorized receiving unit over a wireless communication link. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said method comprising the steps of:
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recording said spoken words as units of transcribed text;
translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converting said transcript into serial data; and
transmitting said serial data from a wireless access point over a wireless communication link to be received by an authorized receiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A transcription system for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said system comprising:
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a transcription terminal for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text;
a conversion unit for translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converting said transcript into a signal;
a security object that prevents an automatically assigned network identifier from being transmitted to a network including at least one authorized receiving unit; and
a manually assigned network identifier to be entered at a receiving unit to verify authorization of said receiving unit to receive said transcript of said spoken words. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said method comprising the steps of:
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recording said spoken words as units of transcribed text;
translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words;
converting said transcript into a signal;
suppressing transmission of an automatically generated network identifier to a network;
manually assigning a network identifier that is to be entered at a receiving unit to verify authorization of said receiving unit to receive said transcript; and
transmitting said signal upon verifying authorization of said receiving unit to receive said transcript. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A transcription system for providing real-time access to a transcript being developed from spoken words, said system comprising:
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means for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text;
means for translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words in real time;
means for converting said transcript into a signal to be transmitted over a communication link to an authorized receiving unit; and
means for presenting said transcript, wherein said presentation means is to be transmitted over said communication link to said authorized receiving unit.
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47. A transcription system for providing real-time access to a transcript of spoken words, said system comprising:
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a recorder for recording spoken words as units of transcribed text;
a conversion unit provided with a communication port and a network port, wherein said conversion unit translates said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converts said transcript into serial data to be transmitted over a communication link to an authorized receiving unit;
a transmitter for transmitting said serial data over a wireless communication link to a dedicated network address from where it can be received by an authorized receiving unit.
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48. A method of providing a transcription system for real-time network access to a transcript of spoken words, the method comprising the steps of:
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recording spoken words as units of transcribed text by use of a recording device;
translating said units of transcribed text into a generally accurate transcript of said spoken words and converting said transcript into a signal;
generating a network identifier for receiving units to receive said transcript, and preventing said network identifier from being transmitted to a network without first verifying authorization of said receiving unit to receive said transcript of said spoken words based on a manually assigned identifier.
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Specification