Synchronous context alignments

• US 9,916,295 B1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Richard Henry Dana Crawford
• Original Assignee: Richard Henry Dana Crawford
• Inventors: Crawford, Richard Henry Dana
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas-Homescu, Anne
• Application Number:
  US13/842,249
• Time in Patent Office: 1,824 Days
• Field of Search: 704 2, 704 4, 704 7, 704 9, 704260, 704270, 704257, 704273, 704278, 715234, 715244, 715256, 715239, 715716, 715203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A method and apparatus to align contexts with text. Multiple versions within separate forms of context are controlled; all contexts are controlled in independent alignment with parts in text. Plain text syllables are synchronized with audio vocalization playback with timings applied in context. Precise synchronization is controlled within a multi-touch tap process. Same-language restatements, translations, linguistic alignment “ties” and tags are controlled in contexts. Depictions and vocalizations of text and parts in text are controlled within contexts and sorted within tiered carousels. Toggle controls quickly access separate contexts. Independent alignments between multiple contexts and parts in text are controlled and dynamically adjusted in real-time. Text and contexts in multiple writing systems, styles and sizes are aligned and edited within WYSIWYG textarea. Context alignment controls are applied within a collaborative social framework.

Claims

1. A system to synchronize vocalization with text, the system comprising:

a computing system including a processor configured to perform the following;

reproducing audio vocalization by a media player;

transcribing text of the vocalization;

segmenting the transcribed text into a number of text segments to delineate at least one of words, phonemes or syllables;

defining a timing for each of the text segments, wherein value of the timing is same in both the text segment and a corresponding part in the vocalization;

defining a time span for each text segment, said time span value found by subtracting the timing value of the text segment from the timing value of the next text segment;

applying a reverse case transformation of the text segments for transforming at least lowercase characters to uppercase characters for the time span while the corresponding part in the vocalization is performed;

providing a set of sequential copies of the transcribed text, where each sequential copy applies the reversed case transformation to the next text segment for the duration of the time span;

performing a vocalized text with the text segments in the reversed case transformation while the corresponding parts in the vocalization are synchronously performed.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pause in the vocalization is synchronized between the text segments when no reversed case transformation is applied for the time span of the pause.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a conversion control converts the text segment and timing information between different captioning formats.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a tap process applied by multiple fingers writes the timings to synchronize the vocalized text.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein handling synchronization timing of the vocalized text is performed by using one or more keys of a keyboard that enable the tapping, wherein at least one of the keys is applied as any or a combination of stop/go key, tap sync key, untap key, go back key, go slower key, insert pause key, and join key.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vocalized text is combined with a contextual text in an aligned bitext that is editable within a single text area.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the contextual text is selected from any or a combination of one of a timing, a translation, a tag, and a link.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein chunks of at least one or more words within the aligned bitext are aligned in an array of chunk pairs, with alignment controlled in one of centered, flush right or flush left juxtaposition.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, where a chunk delineation in the array of chunk pairs is controlled using any or a combination of a push chunk control, a pull chunk control, a new chunk control, and a merge chunk control.

10. The system as claimed in claim 6, where the reversed case transformation is applied in the contextual text and synchronously performed with the reversed case transformation in the vocalized text.

11. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the aligned bitext is displayed in a editable text area and comprises any or a combination of a number, a mathematical symbol, and an alphabet character.