Transcription editing

• US 7,836,412 B1
• Filed: 12/03/2004
• Issued: 11/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DeliverHealth Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: eScription, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Zimmerman, Roger S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US11/004,756
• Time in Patent Office: 2,174 Days
• Field of Search: 715/827, 715/772, 345/172, 704/235, 434/354
• US Class Current: 715/827
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A computer program product for use with text transcribed from audio information, the computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium, includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to: enable defined keystroke combinations for use in editing the text transcribed from audio, the defined keystroke combinations corresponding to formatting functions identified as frequently-used functions during editing of a transcribed text; and respond to an activated keystroke combination by replacing a first format in the text document with a second format corresponding to the chosen keystroke combination.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium comprising hardware having computer executable instructions encoded thereon that are configured to, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

count a number of times a keystroke combination shortcut is used during editing of a first version of text automatically transcribed from an audio recording recorded by a speaker, wherein the keystroke combination shortcut comprises a first number of keystrokes that in combination perform an operation, wherein the operation is capable of alternatively being performed without the keystroke combination shortcut using a second number of keystrokes greater than the first number;

compare the first version of the text to a second version of the text, the second version of the text resulting from the editing of the first version of the text and being distinct from the first version of the text, to determine a number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing of the first version of the text; and

determine a first productivity indicator based on the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text and the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing of the first version of the text.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first productivity indicator is a ratio of the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text and the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to monitor keystroke combinations used in editing a plurality of texts including the first version of the text, each of the plurality of texts transcribed from one of a plurality of audio recordings, wherein the instructions to determine the first productivity indicator comprise instructions to determine a productivity report for the plurality of texts.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to report the first productivity indicator.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to compare the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text with a count of lines of text per hour of editing to determine a second productivity indicator.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to store an indication of keystroke combinations as part of a history such that the computer program product can learn from historical keystroke combinations and adapt future keystroke combination shortcuts based on the historical keystroke combinations.

7. A method of determining use of keystroke combination shortcuts in an editing function of an automatically transcribed document, the method comprising:

counting, with an editing device, a number of times a keystroke combination shortcut is used during editing of a first version of text automatically transcribed from an audio recording recorded by a speaker, wherein the keystroke combination shortcut comprises a first number of keystrokes that in combination perform an operation, wherein the operation is capable of alternatively being performed without the keystroke combination shortcut using a second number of keystrokes greater than the first number;

comparing the first version of the text to a second version of the text, the second version of the text resulting from the editing of the first version of the text and being distinct from the first version of the text, to determine a number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing of the first version of the text;

determining a productivity indicator indicative of effective use of the keystroke combination shortcut during the editing of the first version of the text based, at least in part, on the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text and the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing of the first version of the text.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising storing a record of the keystroke combination shortcut usage in a database.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that are configured to, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

count a number of times a keystroke combination shortcut is used during editing of a first version of text automatically transcribed from an audio recording recorded by a speaker, wherein the keystroke combination shortcut comprises a first number of keystrokes that in combination perform an operation, wherein the operation is capable of alternatively being performed without the keystroke combination shortcut using a second number of keystrokes greater than the first number;

compare the first version of the text to a second version of the text, the second version of the text resulting from the editing of the first version of the text and being distinct from the first version of the text, to determine a number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing of the first version of the text; and

determine a first productivity indicator based on the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text and the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing of the first version of the text.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first productivity indicator is a ratio of the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text and the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut could have been used during the editing.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to monitor keystroke combinations used in editing a plurality of texts including the first version of the text, each of the plurality of texts transcribed from one of a plurality of audio recordings, wherein the instructions to determine the first productivity indicator comprise instructions to determine a productivity report for the plurality of texts.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to report the first productivity indicator.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to compare the number of times the keystroke combination shortcut is used during the editing of the first version of the text with a count of lines of text per hour of editing to determine a second productivity indicator.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for causing the computer to store an indication of keystroke combinations as part of a history such that the computer program product can learn from historical keystroke combinations and adapt future keystroke combination shortcuts based on the historical keystroke combinations.