Report generation system and method for capturing prose, audio, and video by voice command and automatically linking sound and image to formatted text locations

A method of automatically generating a report performed by an electronic system in dependence upon captured information comprising the steps of:

• providing concurrently recorded information comprising audio recording information and image recording information to a processor;
• using a speech to text means, automatically processing the audio recording information to extract commands and to extract information;
• using a processor, automatically formatting the processed audio recording information and the image recording information in dependence upon extracted commands;
• and,
• providing the formatted processed information to an output device.

A method of automatically generating a report performed by an electronic system in dependence upon captured information comprising the steps of providing spoken prose to means for converting speech to text;

• automatically converting the spoken prose to electronic text prose and storing the electronic text prose stored in retrievable locations for retrieval;
• providing spoken commands to the means for converting speech to text;
• converting the spoken commands to electronic commands;
• in response to an electronic command, capturing image data concurrently with the spoken prose using a capture means and providing a representation of the image to a processor;
• storing the representation of the image in non-volatile storage;
• in response to an electronic command, associating a representation and a retrievable location within the electronic text prose and an identifier;
• storing the identifier in non-volatile storage means;
• using a processor, processing the electronic text prose and providing information in a predetermined format and providing commands;
• automatically inserting, within the information in a predetermined format, the representation identified by the stored identifier at a predetermined location in dependence upon the associated retrievable location;
• and
• storing the formatted processed information with the inserted representation in nonvolatile memory.