System and method for efficiently transcribing verbal messages to text
First Claim
1. A system for transcribing verbal messages into text, comprising:
- verbal messages; and
a processor to execute the following modules, comprising;
a segment module to divide one such verbal message into segments;
a speech recognizer module to determine automatically recognized text for each of the segments and a confidence rating assigned to the automatically recognized text for that segment, wherein the confidence rating comprises a probability that the automatically recognized text is accurate;
a threshold module to apply a threshold to the confidence ratings and identifying those segments with confidence ratings that fall below the threshold;
an assignment module to provide the segments that fall below the threshold to a workbench partial message queue for assigning to one or more human agents starting with those segments that have the lowest confidence ratings, to withhold the segments that are above the threshold from the workbench partial message queue and to automatically output the withheld segments for assembly into a text message for the verbal message;
a receipt module to receive transcription from the human agents for the segments assigned to that human agent; and
an assembly module to assemble the received transcription with the automatically recognized text of the withheld segments in the text message.
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Abstract
A system and method for efficiently transcribing verbal messages to text is provided. Verbal messages are received and at least one of the verbal messages is divided into segments. Automatically recognized text is determined for each of the segments by performing speech recognition and a confidence rating is assigned to the automatically recognized text for each segment. A threshold is applied to the confidence ratings and those segments with confidence ratings that fall below the threshold are identified. The segments that fall below the threshold are assigned to one or more human agents starting with those segments that have the lowest confidence ratings. Transcription from the human agents is received for the segments assigned to that agent. The transcription is assembled with the automatically recognized text of the segments not assigned to the human agents as a text message for the at least one verbal message.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for transcribing verbal messages into text, comprising:
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verbal messages; and a processor to execute the following modules, comprising; a segment module to divide one such verbal message into segments; a speech recognizer module to determine automatically recognized text for each of the segments and a confidence rating assigned to the automatically recognized text for that segment, wherein the confidence rating comprises a probability that the automatically recognized text is accurate; a threshold module to apply a threshold to the confidence ratings and identifying those segments with confidence ratings that fall below the threshold; an assignment module to provide the segments that fall below the threshold to a workbench partial message queue for assigning to one or more human agents starting with those segments that have the lowest confidence ratings, to withhold the segments that are above the threshold from the workbench partial message queue and to automatically output the withheld segments for assembly into a text message for the verbal message; a receipt module to receive transcription from the human agents for the segments assigned to that human agent; and an assembly module to assemble the received transcription with the automatically recognized text of the withheld segments in the text message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for transcribing verbal messages into text, comprising the steps of:
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receiving verbal messages; dividing one such verbal message into segments; determining, via a processor, automatically recognized text for each of the segments by performing speech recognition and a confidence rating assigned to the automatically recognized text for that segment, wherein the confidence rating comprises a probability that the automatically recognized text is accurate; applying a threshold to the confidence ratings and identifying those segments with confidence ratings that fall below the threshold; providing the segments that fall below the threshold to a workbench partial message queue for assigning to one or more human agents starting with those segments that have the lowest confidence ratings; withholding the segments that are above the threshold from the workbench partial message queue and automatically outputting the withheld segments for assembly into a text message for the verbal message; receiving transcription from the human agents for the segments assigned to that human agent; and assembling the received transcription with the automatically recognized text of the withheld segments in the text message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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