Generating and relating text to audio segments

• US 20060100877A1
• Filed: 11/07/2005
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Qin, Yong, Liu, Shi Xia, Yang, Li Ping, Zhang, Long
• Application Number:
  US11/268,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20060100877A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for generating speech minutes. The method comprises the steps of displaying status indicators of respective audio (speech) stream chunks received and text information thereof on a GUI display and establishing the tagging between each audio stream chunk and the corresponding text information by dragging and dropping the status signs of the respective speech stream chunks onto the corresponding text information on the GUI, such that the speech stream, the text information and the corresponding tagging relation form voice tagged meeting minutes.

Claims

1. A method for generating speech minutes, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying status indicators of respective audio stream chunks inputted from outside and text information thereof on a GUI display;

establishing a tagging relation between each audio stream chunk and corresponding text information, such that the audio stream, the text information and the corresponding tagging relation form voice tagged meeting minutes.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the tagging is established by dragging and dropping the status indicators of the respective audio stream chunks onto the corresponding text information on the GUI.

3. A method for generating speech minutes, comprising the steps of:

dividing a audio stream inputted from outside into at least two chunks and displaying a status sign of each audio stream chunk and text information thereof on a GUI; and

establishing the tagging between each audio stream chunk and the corresponding text information, such that the audio stream, the text information and the corresponding tagging relation form voice tagged meeting minutes.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the tagging is established by dragging and dropping the status indicators of the respective audio stream chunks onto the corresponding text information on the GUI.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of:

continuously recording and displaying the status sign of each audio stream chunk according to the development of the audio stream, wherein said status sign indicating the length and/or the type of the audio stream.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the status sign is a bar displayed in different colors or different brightness.

7. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

the text information is inputted from outside as the text minutes of the audio stream.

8. An apparatus for generating speech minutes, comprising:

a GUI for displaying status indicators of respective audio stream chunks inputted from outside and text information thereof; and

a speech tagging means for establishing the tagging between each audio stream chunk and the corresponding text information, such that the audio stream, the text information and the corresponding tagging relation form voice tagged meeting minutes.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein when receiving a command of dragging and dropping the status indicators of the respective audio stream chunks onto the corresponding text information on the GUI, the speech tagging means establishes the tagging.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a speech segmentation means for dividing an audio stream inputted from outside into at least two chunks;

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a speech recording means for recording a speech of a speaker, and continuously displaying the status sign of each audio stream chunk on the GUI according to the development of the audio stream, wherein the status sign indicating the length and/or the type of the audio stream.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

an inputting means by which a user inputs the text information as the text minutes of the audio stream.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a meeting minutes repository for saving the generated voice tagged meeting minutes; and

a minutes browsing means for providing the voice tagged meeting minutes from the meeting minutes repository to the GUI, so as for the user to read the meeting minutes and listen to the tagged speech record.

14. A system for generating speech minutes, the system comprising a recording device and a reproducing device, wherein the recording device comprises:

a speech segmentation means for dividing a audio stream inputted from outside into at least two chunks;

a first GUI for displaying status indicators of respective audio stream chunks and the text information thereof; and

a speech tagging means for establishing the tagging between each audio stream chunk and the corresponding text information when receiving a command of dragging and dropping the status indicators of the respective audio stream chunks onto the corresponding text information on the GUI, such that the audio stream, the text information and the corresponding tagging relation form voice tagged meeting minutes.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the recording device further comprises:

a speech recorder for recording a speech of a speaker, and continuously displaying the status sign of each audio stream chunk on the first GUI according to the development of the audio stream.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the recording device further comprises:

an inputting means by which a user inputs the text information as the text minutes of the audio stream.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the recording device further comprises:

a meeting minutes repository for saving the generated voice tagged meeting minutes.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the reproducing device comprises:

a second GUI for displaying the voice tagged meeting minutes; and

a minutes browsing means for providing the voice tagged meeting minutes from the meeting minutes repository to the second GUI, so as for the user to read the meeting minutes and listen to the tagged speech record.