Editing voice data
First Claim
1. A system for processing information havingcontinuous signal acquiring means for acquiring a continuously varying electrical signal corresponding to voice message,digitizing means for digitizing said continuously varying electrical signal, to produce discrete voice data corresponding to the audible quality of said voice message,discrete data acquiring means for acquiring discrete data corresponding to alphanumeric characters,discrete signal acquiring means for acquiring discrete signals including editing and control commands,memory for storing data in discrete form,display means for creating visible display, and a processor,said continuous signal acquiring means, said digitizing means, said discrete data acquiring means, said discrete signal acquiring means, said memory, said display means, and said processor being operatively interconected by control leads and data transfer channels,an operating program for said processor being stored in said memory such that said processor controls the operation of said system so as to:
- store said discrete voice data in said memory concurrently with acquiring voice message,store said character data in said memory concurrently with entry of characters,establish a sequence record in said memory indicating a unified order of voice message and character data,display visibly a sequence of voice token marks and character marks, each token mark representing a predetermined increment of acquired voice message and each character mark corresponding to one of said entered characters, said displayed sequence corresponding to the sequence in said record, andrevise, responsive to entered editing commands, said sequence record to reflect editing changes in the order of voice and character data.
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Abstract
A dictation and editing system includes microphone and keyboard inputs to a programmed computer system. The author may control the selection and entry of microphone and keyboard inputs for storage and display. Keyboard entries are displayed as alpha-numeric or other characters, while recorded speech is displayed simply as a sequence of box-like characters called voice token marks. Each token mark indicates 1 second of speech, and one line of marks represents 60 seconds of speech.
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6 Claims
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1. A system for processing information having
continuous signal acquiring means for acquiring a continuously varying electrical signal corresponding to voice message, digitizing means for digitizing said continuously varying electrical signal, to produce discrete voice data corresponding to the audible quality of said voice message, discrete data acquiring means for acquiring discrete data corresponding to alphanumeric characters, discrete signal acquiring means for acquiring discrete signals including editing and control commands, memory for storing data in discrete form, display means for creating visible display, and a processor, said continuous signal acquiring means, said digitizing means, said discrete data acquiring means, said discrete signal acquiring means, said memory, said display means, and said processor being operatively interconected by control leads and data transfer channels, an operating program for said processor being stored in said memory such that said processor controls the operation of said system so as to: -
store said discrete voice data in said memory concurrently with acquiring voice message, store said character data in said memory concurrently with entry of characters, establish a sequence record in said memory indicating a unified order of voice message and character data, display visibly a sequence of voice token marks and character marks, each token mark representing a predetermined increment of acquired voice message and each character mark corresponding to one of said entered characters, said displayed sequence corresponding to the sequence in said record, and revise, responsive to entered editing commands, said sequence record to reflect editing changes in the order of voice and character data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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