US 2003/0208352 A1 · Inter-language translation device

Abstract

A computer system with an appropriate set of instructions to allow the computer system to serve as a translation device for use in a structured interview between an interviewer using a first language and an interviewee in a second language in order to minimize or eliminate that need for a human translator during the acquisition of routine information. Problems addressed include: determination of the appropriate language for use as the second language, the use of a single display screen through the use of a toggle function to toggle from the first language to the second language, delivery of context sensitive audio files while controlling the number of screens to be created and presented to the interviewer, and the creation of a set of discharge instructions. A preferred set of hardware and a mobile cart is discussed.

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Dependent claims

A translation tool comprising a computer system in turn comprising:

A processor for processing instructions and data;
A set of at least one memory for the storage of instructions and data to be used by the processor;
A means for making the memory accessible to the processor;
At least one display;
At least one input device for receiving input choices from a first person with a first language preference;
At least one speaker for the playing of audio files corresponding to certain text choices presented on the at least one display in a first language corresponding to the first language preference, the audio files stored in a form accessible to the computer system so that the audio files can be selectively played on the at least one speaker;
A set of instructions stored in the at least one memory accessible to the processor;
The set of instructions including instructions sufficient to initiate the delivery of certain images to the at least one display and to receive input from the at least one input device to obtain at least one type of context information about a second person;
and
The set of instructions including instructions sufficient for the computer system to receive a selection for a second language for the audio files so that the selection of a certain text string presented on the at least one display in the language of the first language preference causes the playing of a spoken audio file to be played on the at least one speaker where the spoken audio file is in the second language and deviates from the selected text string on the at least one display in that the spoken audio file includes a context adjustment based on at least one type of previously obtained context information about the second person.

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A method of using a translation system for facilitating an interview between an interviewer using a first language and an interviewee using a second language where the second language is not the first language, the method including:

A) providing the translation system at least one piece of context information about the interviewee into the translation system;
B) providing the translation system with a particular language choice to be used as the second language;
C) displaying a set of text units on a computer display screen in the first language;
D) providing the translation system with a selection of a particular text unit from the displayed set of text units;
and
E) sending an audio file to at least one speaker by the translation system where the played audio file corresponds to the particular text unit as translated from the first language to the second language and adjusted for the piece of previously provided context information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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