System and method for wireless dictation and transcription

• US 20070156400A1
• Filed: 01/03/2006
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Wheeler
• Original Assignee: Mark Wheeler
• Inventors: Wheeler, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/324,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20070156400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

A system and method for wireless dictation and transcription includes an input device which is connected by the Internet to a computer. The user dictates into the input device which is stored as an audio file which is then sent to the computer for voice recognition training and/or batch transcription. After the audio file has been transcribed into a processed document, the document is available to the user either through the Internet or by e-mail.

Claims

1. A system for dictation and transcription, comprising:

means for receiving an audio file from a user via a first Internet connection;

batch transcription means for batch computer transcription of the audio file into a processed document; and

means for making the processed document available to the user via a second Internet connection and/or e-mail.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising device means for sending the audio file from the user to the system via the first Internet connection.

3. A system according to claim 2, further comprising training means, co-located with the transcription means, for building a voice profile based on user input into the device means, wherein the voice profile is used by the transcription means to convert the audio file into the processed document.

4. A system according to claim 2, wherein the device means includes means for recording the audio file from a voice of the user.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein the device means is one of a personal digital assistant, tablet, personal computer, cell phone, cell phone personal digital assistant, or laptop.

6. A system according to claim 4, further comprising means for verifying credentials of the user before permitting the system to receive the audio file from the user via the first Internet connection.

7. A method for dictation and transcription, comprising the steps of:

receiving an audio file from a user via a first Internet connection;

transcribing, using a computer in batch mode, the audio file into a processed document; and

making the processed document available to the user via a second Internet connection and/or e-mail.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of sending the audio file from the user to the computer using a device via the first Internet connection.

9. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of building a voice profile based on user input into the device, wherein the voice profile is used in the step of transcribing to convert the audio file into the processed document.

10. A method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of recording an audio file into the device from a voice of the user.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the device is one of a personal digital assistant, tablet, personal computer, cell phone, cell phone personal digital assistant, or laptop.

12. A method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of verifying credentials of the user before permitting the computer to receive the audio file from the user via the first Internet connection.

14. A program storage device according to claim 10, wherein the dictation device is one of a personal digital assistant, tablet, personal computer, cell phone, cell phone personal digital assistant, or laptop.

13. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for dictating and transcribing an audio file, the method steps comprising:

recording an audio file produced by a user on a dictation device;

storing the audio file on the communications device; and

sending the audio file via the Internet to a system for computerized batch transcription into a processed document.