Self-Directed Machine-Generated Transcripts

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• a computing device having a microphone to receive spoken user input and to transmit the spoken user input for processing;
• a speech-to-text converter module adapted to define a textual representation of the spoken user input;
• an analyzer module adapted to (i) identify an activation phrase included in the spoken user input by analyzing the beginning of the spoken user input, wherein the activation phrase comprises one or more words that include the first word of the spoken user input, (ii) automatically activate a recording mode upon identifying that the activation phrase has been received, and (iii) initiate an automatic electronic mail messaging process, including determining a target electronic mail address, based at least in part on the identification of the activation phrase, wherein the activation phrase indicates an intent to record in the recording mode at least a portion of the spoken user input, wherein the target electronic mail address is determined without the user having specified the target electronic mail address or a message recipient in the spoken user input;
• and
• a messaging module adapted to define an electronic mail message that includes at least a portion of the textual representation in a body of the electronic mail message,
• wherein identifying the activation phrase and defining the electronic mail message are performed without user intervention.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, from a user of a computing device, a spoken input that includes a note and an activation phrase that indicates an intent to record the note;
• determining that the activation phrase has been received by analyzing the beginning of the spoken input to identify one or more words as the activation phrase;
• in response to determining that the activation phrase has been received, automatically:
• activating a recording mode and recording the note in the recording mode
• defining electronic mail message that is addressed to a target electronic mail address and that includes a machine-generated transcript of the note in a body of the electronic mail message, the target electronic mail address being determined without receiving, from the user, an input indicating the target electronic mail address or a recipient for the electronic mail message when the spoken input is received;
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• sending the electronic mail message to the target electronic mail address.