System and method for emergency message preview and transmission
AssigneeSimplexGrinnell LP
InventorsDaniel G. Farley, Matthew Farley, John R. Haynes
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Abstract
In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, a system and method for enabling preview, editing, and transmission of emergency notification messages is provided. The system includes a controller, a microphone, and a speech-to-text engine for receiving an audio message input to the microphone and for convert the audio message to a text message. The resulting text message is displayed on a local display, where a user can edit the message via a text editor. Text and/or audio notification devices are provided for displaying the edited text data as a text message. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
Claims24
An emergency notification system comprising:
- a system controller;
- a microphone coupled to the system controller;
- a speech-to-text engine coupled to the microphone and the system controller, the speech-to-text engine configured to receive audio data from the microphone and to convert the received audio data to text data;
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- a text notification device for displaying the text data as a text message, the notification device coupled to the system controller, the text notification device disposed at a location remote from said system controller.
A method of providing a notification, comprising:
- receiving audio data;
- converting the received audio data to text data;
- displaying the converted text data to a user as a text message;
- editing the text message;
- and
- transmitting the edited text message for display on a remote text notification device;
- wherein the edited text message is an emergency notification provided to at least one occupant of a building in which an alarm condition has been identified.
A notification system, comprising a workstation having a processor, a memory, a microphone, a display and a keyboard:
- the workstation configured to receive an audible message via the microphone and to convert the audible message to a text message, the workstation further configured to display the text message on the display to enable a user to edit the displayed text message using the keyboard;
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- a text notification device coupled to the workstation, the text notification device configured to display the edited text message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.