CONFERENCED VOICE TO TEXT TRANSCRIPTION

• US 20130058471A1
• Filed: 09/01/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Garcia, Juan Martin
• Granted Patent: US 9,014,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/50 related to audio conference
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15

Abstract

Presented are systems and methods for creating a transcription of a conference call. The system joins an audio conference call with a device associated with a participant, of a plurality of participants joined to the conference through one or more associated devices. The system them creates a speech audio file corresponding to a portion of the participant'"'"'s speech during the conference and converting contemporaneously, at the device, the speech audio file to a local partial transcript. The system then acquires a plurality of partial transcripts from at least one of the associated devices, so that the device can provide a complete transcript.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

joining an audio conference call with a device associated with a participant, of a plurality of participants joined to the conference through one or more associated devices;

creating a speech audio file corresponding to a portion of the participant'"'"'s speech during the conference;

converting contemporaneously, at the device, the speech audio file to a local partial transcript; and

acquiring a plurality of partial transcripts from at least one of the associated devices, so that the device can provide a complete transcript.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the local partial transcript to at least one of the associated devices.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the acquired plurality of partial transcripts constitute the complete transcript.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the partial transcript includes an associated date/time stamp and conference identifier.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

grouping the acquired plurality of partial transcripts and the local partial transcript by conference identifier;

arranging the grouped partial transcripts in chronological order using their date/time stamps;

aggregating the arranged partial transcripts into a complete transcript; and

distributing the complete transcript to at least one of the associated devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the local partial transcript is a linked transcript, and the complete transcript is a linked transcript.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code, the program code being operable, when executed by a device, to cause the device to perform a method, the method comprising:

joining an audio conference call with the device associated with a participant, of a plurality of participants joined to the conference through one or more associated devices;

creating a speech audio file corresponding to a portion of the participant'"'"'s speech during the conference;

converting contemporaneously, at the device, the speech audio file to a local partial transcript; and

acquiring a plurality of partial transcripts from at least one of the associated devices, so that the device can provide a complete transcript.

7. The method of claim 10, wherein the linked complete transcript includes an audio icon associated a portion of the linked complete transcript and a corresponding speech audio file, such that when the audio icon is selected the device plays the corresponding speech audio file.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising:

providing the local partial transcript to at least one of the associated devices.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the acquired plurality of partial transcripts constitute the complete transcript.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the partial transcript includes an associated date/time stamp and conference identifier.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

grouping the acquired plurality of partial transcripts and the local partial transcript by conference identifier;

arranging the grouped partial transcripts in chronological order using their date/time stamps;

aggregating the arranged partial transcripts into a complete transcript; and

distributing the complete transcript to at least one of the associated devices.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the local partial transcript is a linked transcript, and the complete transcript is a linked transcript.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the linked complete transcript includes an audio icon associated a portion of the linked complete transcript and a corresponding speech audio file, such that when the audio icon is selected the device plays the corresponding speech audio file.

15. A device for facilitating the creation of a transcript of an audio conference call, comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute modules; and

a memory storing the modules, the modules comprising;

a communication module configured to join the audio conference call, wherein a participant is of a plurality of participants joined to the conference through one or more associated devices,

an interface module configured to create a speech audio file corresponding to a portion of the first participant'"'"'s speech during the conference,

a speech-to-text module configured to convert contemporaneously, at the device, the speech audio file to a local partial transcript; and

a control module configured to acquire a plurality of partial transcripts from at least one of the associated devices, so that the device can provide a complete transcript.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the control module is further configured to provide the local partial transcript to at least one of the associated devices.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the acquired plurality of partial transcripts constitute the complete transcript.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the partial transcript includes an associated date/time stamp and conference identifier.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the control module is further configured to:

group the acquired plurality of partial transcripts and the local partial transcript by conference identifier;

arrange the grouped partial transcripts in chronological order using their date/time stamps;

aggregate the arranged partial transcripts into a complete transcript; and

distribute the complete transcript to at least one of the associated devices.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the local partial transcript is a linked transcript, and the complete transcript is a linked transcript.