Teleprompter tool for voice-over tool

• US 8,744,239 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2010
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Enrique, Garcia, Fernando
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY THANH
• Application Number:
  US12/852,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20120033948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,397 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• 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: H04N 5/2222 Prompting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/802 involving processing of the sound signal H04N9/806, H04N9/835 take precedence

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method for a media editing application that creates a composite presentation from several different media clips. The method provides a set of editing tools for editing the composite presentation. The method provides a voice-over tool for receiving text for a voice-over that includes a transcript for a voice-over audio clip to be recorded by the media editing application as a clip of the composite presentation. The method provides a display area for scrolling the text when recording the voice-over audio clip. The display area in some embodiments is a preview display area that scrolls the text while displaying a preview of the composite presentation when recording the voice-over audio clip.

Claims

1. A method of providing a media editing application for execution by at least one processing unit to create a composite presentation, the method comprising:

providing a set of editing tools for performing edit operations on clips in the composite presentation;

providing a voice-over tool for recording a voice-over audio clip to add to the composite presentation and for receiving text to read during the recording of the voice-over audio clip;

providing a composite display area for displaying representations of the clips that are in the composite presentation, including a representation of the voice-over clip that is to be recorded with the voice-over tool, wherein the representation appears in the composite display area with boundaries that provide an indication of a duration of the voice-over clip in the composite presentation; and

providing a preview display area for scrolling the text when recording the voice-over audio clip.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a speech rate controller that defines a speed at which the text scrolls in the preview display area.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a control for specifying the duration of the voice-over audio clip prior to recording the voice-over audio clip.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the preview display area is further for displaying a preview of the composite presentation, wherein the preview display area scrolls the text in a first display area while displaying the preview when recording the voice-over audio clip.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the text is scrolled over the preview of the composite presentation displayed in the preview display area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice-over tool comprises a text area for receiving the text for the voice-over.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the duration is an estimated duration, wherein the media editing application automatically calculates the estimated duration for the voice-over text and displays the representation of the voice-over clip in the composite display area based on the estimated duration.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a size of the representation of the voice-over audio clip in the composite display area is based on the estimated duration.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the boundaries of the representation of the voice-over audio clip is movable to change a rate at which the text scrolls in the preview display area.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program that when executed by at least one processor creates a composite presentation from a plurality of different media clips, said computer program comprising:

a set of instructions for receiving and displaying media clips that define the composite presentation in a composite display area;

a set of instructions for receiving text for a voice-over that comprises a transcript for a voice-over audio clip as a media clip of the composite presentation;

a set of instructions for displaying the text with a preview of the composite presentation in a preview display area when recording the voice-over audio clip for the composite presentation; and

a set of instructions for displaying the voice-over audio clip in the composite display area and adjusting a duration of the voice-over audio clip prior to recording the voice-over audio into the voice-over audio clip.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the text is scrolled over the preview displayed in the preview display area.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein said computer program further comprises a set of instructions for specifying a scroll rate that defines the rate at which the text scrolls in the preview display area over the duration.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein said computer program further comprises a set of instructions for specifying a speech rate that defines the rate at which the text is presented in the preview display area.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the speech rate is specified to match a timing of the voice-over audio clip with another media clip in the composite presentation.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the set of instructions for receiving the text comprises at least one of a set of instructions for importing the text from a file, a set of instructions for receiving the text through copy and paste operation, and a set of instructions for receiving the text through a typing operation.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions for automatically determining an estimated duration for the text for the voice-over, wherein the set of instructions for displaying comprises a set of instructions for presenting the voice-over clip at a particular size in the composite display area based on the estimated duration.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the estimated duration is based on a predetermined time for reading one or more words multiplied by the number of words in the text for the voice-over.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions for displaying a timing reference based on the estimated duration.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions for specifying a starting point for the voice-over audio clip in the composite presentation prior to recording the voice-over audio into the voice-over audio clip.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the voice-over clip in the composite display area has movable boundaries to adjust the duration of the voice-over clip, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions for specifying, in response to a moment of a boundary, the duration for the voice-over audio clip prior to recording the voice-over audio into the voice-over audio clip.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions for sending the text over a network to a client device in order to display the text on a display of the client device.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions for saving the received text with the composite presentation for transcription or subtitle use.

23. For a media editing application that creates a composite presentation from a plurality of different media clips, a method comprising:

at a computer, receiving and displaying media clips that define the composite presentation in a composite display area;

receiving text for a voice-over that comprises a transcript for a voice-over audio clip as a media clip of the composite presentation;

automatically creating and displaying a voice-over audio clip with a user-adjustable duration in the composite display area, upon receiving the text for the voice over; and

displaying the text with a preview of the composite presentation in a preview display area when recording the voice-over audio clip for the composite presentation.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the text is scrolled over the preview displayed in the preview display area.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising specifying a scroll rate that defines the rate at which the text scrolls in the preview display area over the duration.