Apparatus and methods for recording audio and video

A method operational on an audio/video recorder for recording an accurate case record, comprising:

• obtaining a case identifier;
• obtaining case information associated with the case identifier from a case management database;
• associating at least some of the case information with one or more audio channel inputs of an audio interface, each audio channel input being maintained separate from each other audio channel input;
• receiving audio signals continuously at each of the one or more audio channel inputs of the audio interface;
• storing the audio signals of each audio channel input in a storage medium accurately and independently of the audio signals of each other audio channel input;
• storing contemporaneously the continuously received audio signals and the associated case information for each separate audio channel input in the storage medium separate from the case management database as at least a portion of the accurate case record;
• displaying a venue space on a display;
• and
• receiving user inputs to associate one or more audio channel inputs with a relative location in the venue space.

An audio/video recorder for recording an accurate case record, comprising:

• an audio interface including a plurality of audio channel inputs, each audio channel input of the plurality of audio channel inputs being received continuously and separate from each other audio channel input, each audio channel input continuously receives an audio signal to be stored as at least a portion of an audio track;
• a storage medium;
• a display adapted to visually represent graphical data;
• a processing circuit coupled to the audio interface, the storage medium, and the display, the processing circuit comprising logic to:
• associate a first speaker with a first audio channel input of the audio interface;
• determine that an amplitude of a first audio signal continuously received at the first audio channel input is above a threshold;
• determine a first time when the amplitude of the first audio signal at the first audio channel was determined to be above the threshold;
• generate first metadata as a timeline indicating that the first speaker began speaking at the first time;
• store contemporaneously the continuously received first audio signal in the storage medium accurately and independently of the audio signal of each other audio channel input as a first audio track together with the first metadata associated with the first audio track, the first audio track being at least a portion of the accurate case record;
• associate a second speaker with a second audio channel input of the audio interface;
• determine that an amplitude of a second audio signal continuously received at the second audio channel input is above a threshold;
• determine a second time, subsequent to the first time, when the amplitude of the second audio signal at the second audio channel was determined to be above the threshold;
• generate second metadata to indicate that the second speaker began speaking at the second time;
• and
• store contemporaneously the continuously received second audio signal in the storage medium accurately and independently as a second audio track together with the second metadata indicating that the second speaker began speaking at the determined time, storage of the second audio track and second metadata being separate from the first audio track and the first metadata;
• wherein the stored first audio track, second audio track, first metadata, and second metadata comprises at least a portion of the single, accurate case record.

A method operational on an audio/video recorder for recording an accurate case record, comprising:

• associating a first speaker with a first audio channel input of an audio interface, each audio channel input of the plurality of audio channel inputs being received continuously and separate from each other audio channel input, each audio channel input continuously receives an audio signal to be stored as at least a portion of an audio track;
• determining that an amplitude of a first audio signal continuously received at the first audio channel input is above a threshold;
• determining a first time when the amplitude of the first audio signal at the first audio channel was determined to be above the threshold;
• generating first metadata as a timeline indicating that the first speaker began speaking at the first time;
• and
• storing contemporaneously the continuously received first audio signal accurately and independently of the audio signal of each other audio channel input as a first audio track together with the first metadata associated with the first audio track, the first audio track being at least a portion of the accurate case record;
• associating a second speaker with a second audio channel input of the audio interface;
• determining that an amplitude of a second audio signal continuously received at the second audio channel input is above a threshold;
• determining a second time, subsequent to the first time, when the amplitude of the second audio signal at the second audio channel was determined to be above the threshold;
• generating second metadata to indicate that the second speaker began speaking at the second time;
• and
• storing contemporaneously the continuously received second audio signal in the storage medium accurately and independently as a second audio track together with the second metadata indicating that the second speaker began speaking at the determined time, the storage of the second audio track and second metadata being separate from the first audio track and the first metadata;
• wherein the stored first audio track, second audio track, first metadata, and second metadata comprises at least a portion of the single, accurate case record.