Method and system for rapid transcription

A computer medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a computational device performs a method for rapidly producing and working with written transcripts of speech, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving source material at a provider server;
• automatically dispersing segments of said source material from a provider server to any of a plurality of transcribing stations;
• receiving at the provider server an edited, proof-read transcript of each segment dispersed;
• in real time, posting said transcripts to a client-accessible viewer as they are received at said provider server;
• producing from said transcripts a single transcript of said source material, synchronized to said source material;
• and
• accessing said single transcript synchronized to said source material through said viewer, said viewer including elements by which said client interacts with and modifies said transcription.

A system for rapidly producing and working with written transcripts of spoken source material comprising:

• means for receiving source material at a provider server;
• means for automatically dispersing segments of said source material from a provider server to any of a plurality of transcribing stations;
• means for receiving at the provider server an edited, proof-read transcript of each segment dispersed;
• means for, in real time, posting said transcripts to a client-accessible viewer as they are received at said provider server;
• means for producing from said transcripts a single transcript of said source material, synchronized to said source material;
• and
• means for accessing said single transcript synchronized to said source material through said viewer, said viewer including elements by which said client interacts with and modifies said transcription.

A system for rapidly producing and working with written transcripts of spoken source material comprising:

• at least one provider server;
• at least one transcriber station and at least one editing station communicatively coupled to said at least one provider server;
• at least one computational device controlled by a client of said provider communicatively coupled to said provider server;
• said provider server including at least one module for receiving source material, at least one module for dividing said source material into recorded segments, at least one module for dispersing said segments;
• said at least one transcribing station including at least one module for downloading said segments, at least one module for transcribing said segments and at least one module for uploading transcriptions to said provider server;
• said at least one editing station including at least one module for downloading transcriptions from said provider server and at least one module for uploading edited transcriptions to said provider server;
• and
• an interactive user interface viewable by said client via said computational device by which said client views and works with at least said transcript and said spoken source material, wherein said transcript is synchronized to said source material.

The method of claim 31, further comprising any of the steps of:

• receiving a segment at a transcribing station;
• at said transcribing station receiving said segment, preparing a transcript for the received segment;
• uploading said transcript to said provider server;
• and
• requesting dispersal of a further segment.

The method of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of password-protected pages for each project, said plurality of password-protected pages including:
• at least one page for use by transcribing stations;
• at least one page for use by editing stations;
• and
• at least one client page upon which the transcript is posted.

A computer-implemented method of working with a transcript of spoken source material comprising the steps of:

• displaying a client project list in a viewer window;
• selecting a project to view;
• displaying a source material player and synchronized transcript for a selected project in a single viewer window;
• using said transcript to navigate through said source material;
• using said source material to navigate through said transcript;
• and
• creating and appending comments regarding either said source material or said transcript.

A computer-implemented method of synchronizing spoken source material and a transcript of said material comprising the steps of:

• automatically assigning incremental time stamps to said source material;
• assigning time codes to portions of said transcript wherein said time codes correspond to at least some of said time stamps;
• and
• associating said time codes to said time stamps by means of data structure.

A computer-implemented method of rapidly producing a transcript of spoken source material comprising the steps of:

• receiving source material at a provider server;
• automatically dispersing segments of said source material from a provider server to any of a plurality of transcribing stations;
• receiving at the provider server an edited, proof-read transcript of each segment dispersed;
• in real time, posting said transcripts to a client-accessible viewer as they are received at said provider server;
• and
• producing from said transcripts a single transcript of said source material, synchronized to said source material.