Bone conduction voice transmission apparatus and system

A device for entering voice sound information into a digital record stored on a computer, the device comprising:

• a voice sound transmitting unit including an earpiece adapted to be inserted into the external auditory canal of a user and having a bone conduction sensor being adapted to directly contact a portion of the external auditory canal adjacent the mastoid bone to convert bone conductive voice vibrations of the voice sound information of the user into electrical signals and an air conduction sensor being adapted to convert air vibrations of the voice sound information into electrical signals, a speech processor operatively connected with the earpiece to receive the electrical signals from the bone conduction sensor and air conduction sensor to produce a voice sound signal, and a transmitter operatively connected with the speech processor to receive the voice sound signal for transmission;
• a receiver operatively connected to the computer and adapted to receive the voice sound signal from the transmitter of the voice sound transmitting unit;
• a voice recognition software engine stored on the computer and adapted to receive and process the voice sound signal to convert the voice sound signal into digital data;
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• a computer program for populating the digital record with the digital data.

A device for entering voice sound information into a digital record stored on a computer network, the device comprising:

• a voice sound transmitting unit having an earpiece adapted to be inserted into the external auditory canal of a user and having a bone conduction sensor being adapted to directly contact a Portion of the external auditory canal adjacent the mastoid bone to convert bone conductive voice vibrations of the voice sound information of the user to electrical signals and an air conduction sensor being adapted to convert air vibrations of the voice sound information to electrical signals;
• a wireless linkage operatively connecting the voice sound transmitting unit with the computer network;
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• a voice recognition software engine stored on the computer network and adapted to receive and process the voice sound information to populate the digital record with digital data.

A method of entering voice sound information into a digital record stored on a computer, the method comprising:

• a voice sound transmitting unit having an earpiece adapted to be inserted into the external auditory canal of a user and having a bone conduction sensor being adapted to directly contact a portion of the external auditory canal adjacent the mastoid bone to convert bone conductive voice vibrations of the voice sound information of the user to electrical signals and an air conduction sensor being adapted to convert air vibrations of the voice sound information to electrical signals;
• providing a wireless linkage operatively connecting the voice sound transmitting unit with the computer;
• providing a voice recognition software engine operatively connected with the computer and adapted to receive and process the voice sound information to populate the digital record with digital data;
• selecting the digital record on the computer;
• uttering the voice sound information;
• transmitting the voice sound information from the voice sound transmitter via the wireless linkage;
• processing the voice sound information using the voice recognition software engine;
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• populating the digital record selected with digital data corresponding to the voice sound information.