Extracting Structured Data from Handwritten and Audio Notes

A computer system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
• obtaining unstructured information collected from a handwritten or audio source;
• identifying one or more terms from the unstructured information, the one or more terms including a first term that is ambiguous;
• performing a recognition operation on the first term to derive a first plurality of candidate terms for the first term;
• obtaining first contextual information from an information template associated with the unstructured information;
• and
• in accordance with the first contextual information, selecting a first answer term from the first plurality of candidate terms, such that the first term is recognized as the first answer term.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer system, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

• obtaining unstructured information collected from a handwritten or audio source;
• identifying one or more terms from the unstructured information, the one or more terms including a first term that is ambiguous;
• performing a recognition operation on the first term to derive a first plurality of candidate terms for the first term;
• obtaining first contextual information from an information template associated with the unstructured information;
• and
• in accordance with the first contextual information, selecting a first answer term from the first plurality of candidate terms, such that the first term is recognized as the first answer term.