Multi-cursor transcription editing
AssigneeNuance Communications, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Chigier, Edward A. Brody, Daniel Edward Chernin, Roger S. Zimmerman
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Abstract
A device, for use by a transcriptionist in a transcription editing system for editing transcriptions dictated by speakers, includes, in combination, a monitor configured to display visual text of transcribed dictations, an audio mechanism configured to cause playback of portions of an audio file associated with a dictation, and a cursor-control module coupled to the audio mechanism and to the monitor and configured to cause the monitor to display multiple cursors in the text.
Claims23
A device for use by a transcriptionist in a transcription editing system for editing transcriptions dictated by speakers, the device comprising, in combination:
- a monitor configured to display visual text of transcribed dictations;
- an audio mechanism configured to cause playback of portions of an audio file associated with a dictation;
- and
- a cursor-control module coupled to the audio mechanism and to the monitor and configured to cause the monitor to display multiple cursors in the text.
A computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium and comprising computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to:
- display visual text of transcribed dictations;
- cause playback of portions of an audio file associated with a dictation;
- and
- cause the monitor to display multiple cursors in the text.
A method of processing text transcribed from an audio file, the method comprising:
- displaying text of a transcribed dictation on a monitor;
- playing portions of an audio file associated with the dictation;
- displaying an audio cursor in the text on the monitor, the audio cursor accentuating a portion of the text with the audio cursor accentuating different text as the audio file is played;
- and
- displaying a text cursor in the text on the monitor, the text cursor being indicative of a position in the text where editing commands will be implemented.
A method of processing a recorded dictation, the method comprising:
- analyzing the recorded dictation in accordance with speech models to convert the recorded dictation to a draft text;
- storing the draft text;
- and
- producing and recording a token-alignment file that associates portions of the draft text with portions of the audio file, the token-alignment file including tokens at least some of which are indicative of portions of the draft text, the tokens indicating beginnings and ends of portions of the recorded dictation associated with the portions of the draft text such that the portions of the recorded dictation are associated with corresponding portions of the draft text even if the corresponding portions of the draft text, if spoken, do not correspond identically to the corresponding portions of the recorded dictation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.