Speech to text conversion
First Claim
1. A speech-to-text conversion system comprising at least one user terminal for recording speech, at leant one automatic speech recognition processor to generate text from a recorded speech file, and communication means operative to return a corresponding text file to a user, in which said at least one user terminal is remote from said at least one automatic speech recognition processor, and electronic mail is used to send text data generated by the automatic speech recognition processor, together with corresponding recorded speech data in a single file, to a correction unit for manual connection of the text file, wherein the electronic mail includes timing data for relating text to speech, and wherein at least some of the words of the text have an associated start and end time recorded as part of the timing data.
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Abstract
A speech-to-text conversion system is provided which comprises at least one user terminal for recording speech, at least one automatic speech recognition processor to generate text from a recorded speech file, and communication means operative to return a corresponding text file to a user, in which said at least one user terminal is remote from said at least one automatic speech recognition processor, and a server is provided remote from said at least one user terminal to control the transfer of recorded speech files to a selected automatic speech recognition processor.
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- 1. A speech-to-text conversion system comprising at least one user terminal for recording speech, at leant one automatic speech recognition processor to generate text from a recorded speech file, and communication means operative to return a corresponding text file to a user, in which said at least one user terminal is remote from said at least one automatic speech recognition processor, and electronic mail is used to send text data generated by the automatic speech recognition processor, together with corresponding recorded speech data in a single file, to a correction unit for manual connection of the text file, wherein the electronic mail includes timing data for relating text to speech, and wherein at least some of the words of the text have an associated start and end time recorded as part of the timing data.
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16. A method of converting speech to text comprising recording speech at at least one user terminal, transferring recorded speech files from said at least one user terminal to at least one automatic speech recognition processor remote from said at least one user terminal, generating text files from said recorded speech files at said at least one automatic speech recognition processor, sending the text files and recorded speech files together in a single file by electronic mail to a correction unit, wherein the electronic mail includes timing data for relating text to speech, and wherein at least some of the words of the text have an associated start and end time recorded as part of the timing data, manually correcting the text files in accordance with the recorded speech files at said correction unit, and returning corresponding text files to respective users.
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