Method for simultaneously creating audio-aligned final and verbatim text with the assistance of a speech recognition program as may be useful in form completion using a verbal entry method

• US 7,516,070 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2004
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Custom Speech USA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Custom Speech USA, Inc.
• Inventors: Kahn, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Opsasnick, Michael N
• Application Number:
  US10/545,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20060167686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,874 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235, 704/277
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/194 Calculation of difference between files
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

A system and method for creating a final text from an audio file. This has particular utility in completing forms with speech-to-text conversion. The system and method includes transcribing the audio file into a transcribed text file using a speech recognition program. They further include comparing the transcribed text file with a previously created text file to determine differences between the transcribed text file and the previously created text file. Finally, the system and method includes correcting one of the transcribed text file or the previously created text file based upon the differences to create the final text.

Claims

1. A method for creating audio-aligned final and verbatim text from a transcribed session file for form completion, comprising:

(a) transcribing audio into a transcribed text using a speech recognition software;

(b) aligning segments of the audio with segments of the transcribed text;

(c) displaying the transcribed text in a graphical user interface;

(d) creating a verbatim text and a final text from the transcribed text such that segments of the verbatim text and the final text maintain alignment with the audio segments;

(e) simultaneously correcting the verbatim text and the final text by selectively listening to the audio aligned thereto;

(f) simultaneously correcting the verbatim text and the final text by selectively copying and pasting text from a previously created text;

(g) unlocking the verbatim text from the final text and selectively correcting one of the verbatim text and the final text by selectively listening to the audio aligned thereto; and

(h) unlocking the verbatim text from the final text and selectively copying and pasting text from the previously created text into one of the verbatim text and the final text.

2. The method according to claim 1, further including mapping one or more audio segments to one or more text segments.

3. The method according to claim 1, further including saving the verbatim text and the aligned audio as a session file.

4. The method according, to claim 1, further including saving the final text and the aligned audio as a session file.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the speech editor supports creation of final text with text comparison between form with audio-aligned text with completed blanks and a new transcribed session file.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

(j) extracting data from at least one field in the final text to a database.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the previously created text is determined by searching a number of previously created text for text that is similar to text in the transcribed text file.

8. The method of claim 1 further including extracting data from at least one field in the final text and saving the extracted data to a database.

9. The method according to claim 1, further including comparing the transcribed text with other text.

10. The method according to claim 9, further including creating the other text by modifying text of a previously completed form to diminish differences that would have otherwise occurred during the step of comparing the transcribed text with the other text.

11. The method according to claim 9, further including transcribing audio into the other text.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the transcribing is done using a speech recognition software.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein there are two or more other texts, the method further including transcribing audio using two or more speech recognition software programs and configuring each of the two or more speech recognition software programs differently from one another.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein modifying includes formatting a field name in the form such that only a first word in the field name is capitalized.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein modifying includes removing shell text that is not commonly dictated by a speaker.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein modifying includes removing information corresponding to at least one of a transcriptionist'"'"'s name, date of transcription, speaker'"'"'s name, speaker'"'"'s place of employment.

17. A system for creating audio-aligned final and verbatim text from a transcribed session file for form completion, comprising:

(a) means for transcribing audio into a transcribed text using a speech recognition software;

(b) means for aligning segments of the audio with segments of the transcribed text;

(c) means for displaying the transcribed text in a graphical user interface;

(d) means for creating a verbatim text and a final text from the transcribed text such that segments of the verbatim text and the final text maintain alignment with the audio segments;

(e) means for simultaneously correcting the verbatim text and the final text by selectively listening to the audio aligned thereto;

(f) means for simultaneously correcting the verbatim text and the final text by selectively copying and pasting text from a previously created text;

(g) means for unlocking the verbatim text from the final text and selectively correcting one of the verbatim text and the final text by selectively listening to the audio aligned thereto; and

(h) means for unlocking the verbatim text from the final text and selectively copying and pasting text from the previously created text into one of the verbatim text and the final text.

18. The system according to claim 17, further including means for mapping one or more audio segments to one or more text segments.

19. The systems according to claim 17, further including means for saving the verbatim text and the aligned audio as a session file.

20. The system according to claim 17, further including means for saving the final text and the aligned audio as a session file.

21. The method according to clams 17, further including means for comparing the transcribed text with other text.

22. The method according, to claim 21, further including means for creating the other text by modifying text of a previously completed form to diminish differences that would have otherwise occurred during the step of comparing the transcribed text with the other text.

23. The method according to claim 21, further including means for transcribing audio into the other text.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the means for transcribing audio speech recognition software.