Down-line transcription system having real-time generation of transcript and searching thereof
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1. A computing system used during a proceeding in which real-time transcript of spoken words is generated, said computing system comprising:
- a screen;
a processing circuit communicatively coupled to said screen;
said processing circuit producing in real-time an index that corresponds to the spoken words from real-time transcript as it is generated; and
said processing circuit using the index to support real-time searching.
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Abstract
A context sensitive searching front-end is disclosed for use in a deposition or trial proceeding wherein a computer aided transcription terminal provides real-time transcribed text down-line to attorney terminals. The terminals may thereafter use the transcribed text and any other text currently being displayed to formulate searches with little or no typing interaction required. Other text which may be used as a basis for searching includes communications from other attorney terminals, from artificial intelligence objection messages, and personal notes. Searching may be conducted on natural language or boolean front-ends which provide virtually instant feed-back as to the value of a search formulation before and after any "searching" actually occurs. Graphing of search results, including individual search word contribution, is provided for modification and selection of the documents to be reviewed. Library selection for searching is provided by analyzing the context from which the search originated, and from the actual words selected for searching. A database structure is also disclosed for providing backward referencing into the actual locations of search words without having to search the text files.
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1. A computing system used during a proceeding in which real-time transcript of spoken words is generated, said computing system comprising:
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a screen; a processing circuit communicatively coupled to said screen; said processing circuit producing in real-time an index that corresponds to the spoken words from real-time transcript as it is generated; and said processing circuit using the index to support real-time searching. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing system used during a proceeding in which a transcript representative of spoken words is generated in real-time, said computing system comprising:
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a transcription system that generates transcript in real time; an attorney terminal communicatively coupled to the transcription system to receive the transcript, said attorney terminal comprising a screen, a processing circuit, and a user interface that accepts a first search request during generation of the transcript in real-time; and said processing circuit directing, during generation of the transcript in real-time, display on said screen of at least a portion of the transcript corresponding to results of the first search request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method performed by a computing system during a transcription proceeding, the method comprising:
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converting representations of spoken words to a textual format in real time; adding occurrence indications for at least a portion of the spoken words in the textual format to an index in real-time; and referencing the index to identify at least one of the occurrence indications in performing a search in real-time during the transcription proceeding. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method performed by a computing system during a transcription proceeding, the method comprising:
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converting representations of a first occurrence of a spoken word to a textual format in real time; indicating an occurrence of the spoken word in the textual format in an index in real-time; converting representations of subsequent occurrences of the spoken word to the textual format in real-time; indicating the subsequent occurrences of the spoken word in the textual format in the index in real-time. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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