Method of labelling takes in an audio editing system

• US 5,600,756 A
• Filed: 05/11/1994
• Issued: 02/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ely, Reuel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, Kee M.
• Application Number:
  US08/240,552
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 395/2.44, 395/2.87, 395/2.85, 395/2.79, 395/162, 381/44, 381/119, 381/48
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

A method of labelling digital audio data corresponding to recorded audio ("takes"). According to this method speech recognition software is employed to generate text based on a portion of the recorded audio data. The generated text is then associated with the audio data file, thereby labelling the file based on its content. According to this technique, the need for monitoring and manual entry of text data in labelling takes is eliminated.

Claims

1. A method of automatically labeling takes in an audio editing system comprising:

(a) providing a workstation having memory means and a processor unit associated therewith;

(b) programming said workstation with operating system software;

(c) accessing with said workstation a digital data file corresponding to a speech take;

(d) interfacing said system software with speech recognition software;

(e) subsequent to said interfacing and said accessing, implementing said speech recognition software to translate at least a portion of said digital data file corresponding to a speech take into a set of data that is representative of text;

(f) subsequent to said implementing, creating a file identifier which is derived from said set of data and associating said file identifier with said digital data file; and

(g) subsequent to said creating and associating, storing said digital data file and the associated file identifier on a storage medium, thereby facilitating accessing of said digital data file.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said workstation includes a central processing unit and a digital signal processor.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of creating further comprises phonetically translating said portion of said digital data file into said set of data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said workstation is operatively coupled to an audio mixer console.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said digital data file is downloaded to said workstation from said audio mixer console.