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  • US 7,487,086 B2
  • Filed: 06/05/2007
  • Issued: 02/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • accepting a search expression;

    searching for text occurrences of the search expression in a transcript of an audio recording;

    searching for spoken occurrences of the search expression in the audio recording without requiring first searching for the text occurrences of the search expression in the transcript of the audio recording;

    compiling results of the searching for spoken occurrences and text occurrences, wherein the compiling includes eliminating duplicate occurrences of a common instance of the search expression according to time alignments of text occurrences and spoken occurrences; and

    presenting representations of the compiled results of the searching, including enabling access to portions of the audio recording corresponding to speech occurrences and text occurrences in the results of the searching.

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