Methods and systems related to text caption error correction

• US 8,379,801 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2009
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sorenson Communications Incorporated
• Inventors: Romriell, Joseph N., Brooksby, Scot Lorin, Roylance, Shane Arthur, Chevrier, Brian, Puzey, Robert Cochran
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US12/624,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20110123003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,183 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 358/1.15, 379/52, 380/46, 382/180, 704/9, 704/235, 704/257, 704/2, 705/401, 706/11, 709/223, 715/201, 715/217, 715/234, 715/255, 715/257, 715/769, 715/710, 348/231.99, 386/278, 725/93
• US Class Current: 379/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/009 Teaching or communicating with deaf persons G09B21/04 takes precedence; deaf and dumb persons G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

Systems and methods related to providing error correction in a text caption are disclosed. A method may comprise displaying a text caption including one or more blocks of text on each of a first device and a second device remote from the first device. The method may also include generating another block of text and replacing a block of text of the text caption with the another block of text. Furthermore, the method may include displaying the text caption on the second device having the block of text of the first text caption replaced by the another block of text.

Claims

1. A method of providing error correction in a text caption, the method comprising:

displaying a text caption on at least one electronic device, the text caption including one or more blocks of text representing a text transcription of a voice signal;

replacing a first block of text of the text caption with another block of text during a real-time conversation from which the voice signal is generated; and

displaying another block of text within the text caption on the at least one electronic device at a location of the first block of text within the text caption.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying one or more errors within the first block of text of the text caption with respect to what was said in the voice signal prior to generating the another block of text.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the another block of text with a first device and transmitting the another block of text to the at least one electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating another block of text comprises:

identifying one or more errors within the first block of text of the text caption; and

generating the another block of text including the first block of text of the text caption having each of the one or more errors replaced with corrected text within the text caption.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the another block of text further comprises tagging the corrected text within the text caption.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein tagging the corrected text comprises highlighting the corrected text within the text caption.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first block of text of the text caption includes one or more errors, and wherein the another block of text includes corrected words.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the text caption on a first device and transmitting the text caption to the at least one electronic device.

9. A communication system, comprising:

a communication device including a processor;

a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor;

a display coupled to the processor; and

at least one application program stored in the computer-readable medium, wherein the at least one application program, when executed by the processor, is configured to;

display a text caption including one or more blocks of text on the display, the text caption indicating a text transcription of a voice signal received by the communication device; and

display another block of text within the text caption on the display at a location that corresponds to an actual location as produced by the voice signal.

10. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one application program is further configured to tag at least one word of the another block of text within the text caption as a corrected word.

11. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one application program is further configured to display at least one word within the text caption having the one or more blocks of text of the text caption replaced by the another block of text as highlighted.

12. The communication system of claim 9, wherein a highlighted word is indicative of a corrected word.

13. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one application program is further configured to replace at least one block of text of the text caption with the another block of text and display the text caption on the display of the communication device substantially simultaneously.

14. A computer-readable media storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method for providing error correction in a text caption, the method comprising:

displaying a text caption representing a text transcription of a voice signal transmitted between a first device and a second device, the text caption including at least one block of text; and

displaying another block of text within the text caption on at least one of the first device and the second device by replacing the at least one block of text by the another block of text at a location of the at least one block of text within the text caption.

15. The computer-readable media storage medium of claim 14, wherein displaying the another block of text within the text caption includes identifying at least one word within the another block of text with a tag.

16. The computer-readable media storage medium of claim 15, wherein identifying at least one word within the another block of text with a tag comprises highlighting the at least one word.

17. A method, comprising:

generating a text caption as a text transcription of a voice signal;

transmitting the text caption to a communication device;

identifying an error in a block of text within the text caption; and

transmitting a corrected block of text to the communication device as an inline correction for the text caption to replace the block of text within the text caption with the corrected block of text at a proper location as produced in the voice signal during communication between at least two parties.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the error is a disagreement between the text caption and what was stated in the voice signal.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the text caption and the corrected block of text includes transmitting data from a relay service including a call assistant to facilitate communication between a hearing-impaired user and a hearing-capable user.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving the voice signal at the relay service for generating the text transcription of the voice signal.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising generating the text transcription of the voice signal by employing a voice recognition program.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein generating the text caption includes the call assistant revoicing words heard from the voice signal for the voice recognition program to generate the text caption.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising displaying the text caption on a communication device associated with the call assistant.

24. The method of claim 17, further comprising a call assistant generating the corrected block of text by inputting edits into the block of text prior to the corrected block of text being transmitted to the communication device.

25. A method, comprising:

displaying a text caption on a communication device, the text caption corresponding to a text transcription of at least a portion of a voice signal of a conversation between at least two parties;

receiving a corrected block of text for at least one block of text within the text caption;

displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption as an inline correction during the conversation, such that the corrected block of text appears within the text caption in place of the at least one block of text; and

indicating that the corrected block of text replaced the at least one block of text.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein indicating that the corrected block of text replaced the at least one block of text includes highlighting the corrected block of text within the text caption.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving the voice signal first by the communication device;

transmitting the voice signal to a relay service for generating the text transcription of the voice signal;

receiving the text transcription from the relay service and displaying the text caption in response thereto; and

receiving the corrected block of text from the relay service and displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption in response thereto.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the corrected block of text is selected from the group consisting of at least one word, at least one sentence, and at least one line of text.

29. A method, comprising:

displaying a text caption on a communication device, the text caption corresponding to a text transcription of at least a portion of a voice signal of a conversation between at least two parties;

replacing at least one block of text of the text caption with a corrected block of text;

displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption as an inline correction during the conversation, such that the corrected block of text appears within the text caption in a proper location as produced in the voice signal, wherein replacing at least one block of text with a corrected block of text and displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption occur at least substantially simultaneously; and

indicating that the corrected block of text replaced the block of text.