System and method for processing speech files

• US 8,600,745 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2011
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hirschberg, Julia, Whittaker, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sirjani, Fariba
• Application Number:
  US13/164,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20110243312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/316 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/345 Summarisation for human users
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/301 Management of recordings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

A system and method for speech file processing which provides users with differentially selectable speech file transcripts which can be sent to one or more other users. The speech files may be voicemail messages from which respective voicemail transcripts are created. The voicemail transcripts are provided in a user selectable format from which users may select non-contiguous portions of the transcript.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transcribing a voicemail message for a first person from a second person via a phone call, to yield a transcribed voicemail message;

receiving, via a voicemail interface enabling the first person to access the voicemail message, a selection of a first recipient;

transmitting a first portion of the transcribed voicemail message to the first recipient in a first message;

receiving, via the voicemail interface, a selection of a second portion of the transcribed voicemail message, the second portion being noncontiguous to the first portion;

selecting a second recipient; and

transmitting the second portion of the transcribed voicemail message to the second recipient in a second message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the first portion of the voicemail message and the selection of the second portion are performed by the first person.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing access to the second recipient to an audible version of the voicemail message.

4. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computer device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

transcribing a voicemail message for a first person from a second person via a phone call, to yield a transcribed voicemail message;

receiving, via a voicemail interface enabling the first person to access the voicemail message, a selection of a first recipient;

transmitting a first portion of the transcribed voicemail message to the first recipient in a first message;

receiving, via the voicemail interface, a selection of a second portion of the transcribed voicemail message, the second portion being noncontiguous to the first portion;

selecting a second recipient; and

transmitting the second portion of the transcribed voicemail message to the second recipient in a second message.

5. The computer-readable storage device of claim 4, wherein the selection of the first portion of the voicemail message and the selection of the second portion are performed by the first person.

6. The computer-readable storage device of claim 4, the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising providing access to one of the first recipient and the second recipient to an audible version of the voicemail message.

7. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, perform operations comprising;

transcribing a voicemail message for a first person from a second person via a phone call, to yield a transcribed voicemail message;

receiving, via a voicemail interface enabling the first person to access the voicemail message, a selection of a first recipient;

transmitting a first portion of the transcribed voicemail message to the first recipient in a first message;

receiving, via the voicemail interface, a selection of a second portion of the transcribed voicemail message, the second portion being noncontiguous to the first portion;

selecting a second recipient; and

transmitting the second portion of the transcribed voicemail message to the second recipient in a second message.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first recipient and the second recipient are a same recipient.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the selection of the first portion of the voicemail message and the selection of the second portion of the voicemail message are performed by the first person.

10. The system of claim 7, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising providing access to the recipient to an audible version of the voicemail message.