Autoscriber

• US 20080281594A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Paul Roberts Koenig
• Original Assignee: Paul Roberts Koenig
• Inventors: Koenig, Paul Roberts
• Application Number:
  US11/800,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281594A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/323 Time code signal, e.g. on a cue track as SMPTE- or EBU-time code

Abstract

The Autoscriber invention pertains to a system of inserting a printed SMPTE timecode into a textual representation of the spoken portion of a media recording. The system includes a user-supplied computer with Autoscriber (voice recognition) software, a printer and a user-supplied media recorder/player with SMPTE timecode reader and RS-422 data output.

The media recorder/player is connected with the computer. As the media plays, its'"'"' audio is outputted to the computer. The SMPTE timecode is also outputted to the computer.

Autoscriber processes the spoken portion of the media into a textual data file. Autoscriber also annotates the data file with SMPTE timecode every fifteen seconds (:15) in synchronization with the spoken portion of the media.

The computer data file can then be used to select portions of the speech utilizing the exact timecode of the original media, either on another computer or as a printed text document.

Claims

1. The Autoscriber system was created by Paul Koenig on Apr. 1, 2007. It includes the following components:

1) A user-supplied computer with Autoscriber voice recognition software;

2) A user-supplied media recorder/player with audio and SMPTE time code outputs connected to the computer;

3) A printer connected to the computer.

The claim is Autoscriber can near-automatically transcribe recorded speech with SMPTE timecode annotation without the labor and time intensive investment of a person manually performing or attending the process.

As indicated in the accompanying Drawing, Autoscriber may be configured in a simple, single station unit. It may also be configured in an enterprise-wide application where Autoscriber would be a destination on a switching matrix while any media recorder/player in a facility could be designated as its input source.

Autoscriber may be used with any language for which voice recognition software has been developed. Novel features of future models of Autoscriber include performance of the transcription process at speeds greater than real-time for even greater savings of time and labor.