METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMPLIFYING COPYING AND PASTING TRANSCRIPTIONS GENERATED FROM A DICTATION BASED SPEECH-TO-TEXT SYSTEM

• US 20090271191A1
• Filed: 04/20/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: nVoq, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SandCherry, Inc.
• Inventors: Espy, Todd, Marquette, Brian, Corfield, Charles
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for simplifying the pasting of textual transcriptions from a transcription engine into an application is described. An audio file is sent to a transcription engine. A textual transcription file of the audio file is received from the transcription engine. The textual transcription file is automatically loaded into a copy buffer. The textual transcription file is pasted from the copy buffer into an application.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for simplifying the pasting of textual transcriptions from a transcription engine into an application, comprising:

sending an audio file to a transcription engine;

receiving a textual transcription file of the audio file from the transcription engine;

automatically loading the textual transcription file into a copy buffer; and

pasting the textual transcription file from the copy buffer into an application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the copy buffer is a clipboard copy buffer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transcription engine is a dictation based speech-to-text system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising pasting the textual transcription file from the copy buffer into a specific data field of the application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically loading the textual transcription file into the copy buffer without receiving input commands from a user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing a notification to the user when the textual transcription file has been automatically loaded into the copy buffer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the notification is a visual indicator.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the notification is an audio indicator.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the textual transcription file is automatically loaded into the copy buffer without a user accessing a document creation application that comprises the textual transcription file.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is implemented by a computer system operating in a call center environment.

11. A computer system configured to simplify the pasting of textual transcriptions from a transcription engine into an application, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

the processor configured to;

send an audio file to a transcription engine;

receive a textual transcription file of the audio file from the transcription engine;

automatically load the textual transcription file into a copy buffer; and

paste the textual transcription file from the copy buffer into an application.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the copy buffer is a clipboard copy buffer.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the transcription engine is a dictation based speech-to-text system.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to paste the textual transcription file from the copy buffer into a specific data field of the application.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically load the textual transcription file into the copy buffer without receiving input commands from a user.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to provide a notification to the user when the textual transcription file has been automatically loaded into the copy buffer.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the notification is a visual indicator.

18. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the textual transcription file is automatically loaded into the copy buffer without a user accessing a document creation application that comprises the textual transcription file.

19. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the computer system operates in a call center environment.

20. A computer-program product for simplifying the pasting of textual transcriptions from a transcription engine into an application, the computer-program product comprising a computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:

code programmed to send an audio file to a transcription engine;

code programmed to receive a textual transcription file of the audio file from the transcription engine;

code programmed to automatically load the textual transcription file into a copy buffer; and

code programmed to paste the textual transcription file from the copy buffer into an application.