Device, system and method for enabling speech recognition on a portable data device

• US 8,370,141 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2006
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Reagan Inventions L.L.C. (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: Reagan Inventions L.L.C. (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lerner, Martin
• Application Number:
  US11/367,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208563A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,531 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235, 704/260, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275, 379/88.01, 379/88.04, 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/88.16, 379/88.17
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for converting analog data to digital data or digital data to analog data for enabling speech recognition processing on a portable data device are provided. The system includes at least one portable data device including an input module configured to receive analog audio signals; a processing module configured to convert the analog audio signals to digital audio data; a communication module configured to transmit the digital audio data to a remote processor and to receive digital text data from the remote processor; and a display module for displaying the received digital text data; the remote processor configured for receiving digital audio data, converting the digital audio data to digital text data and transmitting the converted digital text data to the at least one portable data device; and a communications network for coupling the remote processor to the at least one portable data device.

Claims

1. A method for converting audio speech data to text data using a portable, wireless data device, the method comprising the steps:

recording an audio file of analog audio speech data on the portable, wireless data device;

converting the analog audio speech data to digital audio data;

transmitting, via a wireless connection using a wireless data protocol, the audio file having the digital audio data to a remote processor;

converting the digital audio data to text data at the remote processor;

receiving, via the wireless connection using the wireless data protocol, the text data at the portable, wireless data device; and

transmitting, by the portable, wireless data device, the digital text data to a wireless-enabled printer configured for printing the text data.

2. The method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the text data from the portable, wireless data device to a personal data terminal.

3. The method as in claim 2, wherein the step of transmitting the text data to the personal data terminal includes e-mailing the text data to the personal data terminal.

4. The method as in claim 2, wherein the step of transmitting the text data to the personal data terminal includes instant messaging the text data to the personal data terminal.

5. The method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of spell checking the received text data.

6. The method as in claim 1, wherein the converting the digital audio data step is performed by a speech recognition algorithm.

7. The method as in claim 1, further comprising the steps of receiving a voice mail message on the portable, wireless device and transmitting the received voice mail message to the remote processor for converting the voice mail message to text data.

8. The method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of audibly producing the received text data on the portable, wireless data device.

9. The method of as in claim 1, further comprising the steps:

receiving at least second text data from at least one personal data terminal;

transmitting the received at least second text data to the remote processor;

converting the received at least second text data to at least second audio data at the remote processor; and

receiving the at least second audio data on the portable, wireless data device.

10. The method as in claim 9, further comprising the step of audibly producing the at least second audio data.

11. The method as in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

replying to the at least second audio data by inputting at least third audio data into the portable, wireless device;

transmitting the at least third audio data to the remote processor;

converting the at least third audio data to at least third text data at the remote processor;

receiving the at least third text data at the portable, wireless data device; and

transmitting the at least third text data to the at least one personal data terminal.

12. The method as in claim 1, further comprising compressing the digital audio data before transmitting the audio file having the digital audio data to the remote processor.

13. A portable, wireless device for converting audio speech data to text data, the portable, wireless device comprising:

an input module configured to receive analog audio speech signals;

a processing module configured record an audio file of the analog audio speech signals on the portable, wireless device and to convert the analog audio speech signals to digital audio data;

a communication module configured to transmit the audio file having the digital audio data to a remote processor via a wireless connection using a wireless data protocol, the remote processor configured to convert the digital audio data to digital text data;

the communication module configured to receive the digital text data via the wireless connection using the wireless data protocol; and

a display module for displaying the received digital text data;

wherein the communication module is further configured to transmit the digital text data to a wireless-enabled printer configured to print the digital text data.

14. The device as in claim 13, wherein the communication module is configured to e-mail the digital text data to a personal data terminal.

15. The device as in claim 13, wherein the communication module is configured to instant message the digital text data to a personal data terminal.

16. The device as in claim 13, wherein the processing module further comprises an editing module for editing the digital text data.

17. The device as in claim 13, wherein the processing module includes a voice recognition algorithm for recognizing short audible commands to operate the device.

18. The device as in claim 13, wherein the communication module is configured to connect to a wireless communications network and to receive voice mail messages, the voice mail messages being input to the input module.

19. The device as in claim 13, further comprising an audible output device configured to audibly produce the digital text data.

20. The device as in claim 13, wherein the processing module is configured to compress the digital audio data before the communication module transmits the audio file having the digital audio data to the remote processor.

21. A portable, wireless dictation device for producing text data, the portable, wireless dictation device comprising:

an input module configured to receive analog speech signals;

a processing module configured to record an audio file of the analog speech signals on the portable, wireless dictation device and to convert the analog speech signals to digital speech data;

a communication module configured to transmit the audio file having the digital speech data to a remote processor via a wireless connection using a wireless data protocol, the remote processor configured to convert the digital speech data to digital text data;

the communication module configured to receive the digital text data via the wireless connection using the wireless data protocol; and

a display module for displaying the received digital text data;

wherein the communication module is further configured to transmit the digital text data to a wireless-enabled printer configured to print the digital text data.

22. The dictation device as in claim 21, further comprising a character recognition capture device configured to receive user instructions to edit the received digital text data.

23. The dictation device as in claim 21, further comprising a keyboard configured to receive user instructions to edit the received digital text data.

24. The dictation device as in claim 21, wherein the processing module is configured to compress the digital speech data before the communication module transmits the audio file having the digital speech data to the remote processor.

25. A system for converting audio data to text data on a portable, wireless data device comprising:

at least one portable, wireless data device comprising;

an input module configured to receive analog audio speech signals;

a processing module configured record an audio file of the analog audio signals on the portable, wireless data device and to convert the analog audio speech signals to the digital audio data;

a communication module configured to transmit the audio file having the digital audio data to a remote processor via a wireless connection using a wireless data protocol and to receive digital text data from the remote processor via the wireless connection using the wireless data protocol; and

a display module for displaying the received digital text data;

the remote processor configured for receiving the digital audio data via the wireless connection using the wireless data protocol, converting the digital audio data to digital text data and transmitting the converted digital text data to the at least one portable, wireless data device via the wireless connection using the wireless data protocol;

a wireless communications network for coupling the remote processor to the at least one portable, wireless data device via the wireless data protocol; and

a wireless-enabled printer coupled to the wireless communication network and configured to print the digital text data received from the at least one portable, wireless data device.

26. The system as in claim 25, wherein the remote processor further includes at least one speech recognition algorithm.

27. The system as in claim 25, wherein the processing module of the at least one portable, wireless data device is configured to compress the digital audio data before the communication module transmits the audio file having the digital audio data to the remote processor.