Conference transcription system and method

A computer readable storage device having programming stored thereon to cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• processing multiple individual participant speech in a conference call with an audio speech recognition system to create a transcript for each participant;
• assembling the transcripts into a single transcript having participant identification for each speaker in the single transcript;
• and
• making the transcript searchable.

A system comprising:

• a mixing server coupled to a network to receive audio streams from multiple users;
• an transcription audio output to provide the audio streams to a transcription system;
• a data input to receive text from the transcription system corresponding to the audio streams provided to the transcription system;
• a transcript generator to receive the text, assemble the text into a single transcript having participant identification for each speaker in the single transcript, and make the transcript searchable;
• and
• user connections to provide the audio and the transcript to multiple users.