Method, apparatus and computer program product for transcribing a telephone communication

An apparatus for cell phone communication comprising:

• telecommunications circuitry operable to wirelessly send and receive voice communications directly to and from a cell phone network;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the telecommunications circuitry for receiving the voice communications;
• a memory, wherein the memory has program instructions for speech recognition stored therein and the processor is operable under control of the speech recognition program instructions to generate a transcript of the voice communications;
• and
• a display, wherein the memory has program instructions for a display function and the processor is operable under control of the display program instructions to project the transcript on the display and wherein the apparatus is of a size and weight that is suitable to be carried easily in a pocket or purse, wherein the memory has program instructions for an editing function and for an organizer function stored therein, and the processor is operable under control of the editing program instructions to automatically selectively extract information from the transcript, under control of the organizer program instructions to merge the formatted, extracted information with the organizer data, and under control of the display instructions to project the organizer data on the display.

A method for capturing information in cell phone communication, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving wirelessly a voice communication directly from a cell phone network, wherein the receiving is by telecommunications circuitry of an apparatus of a size and weight that is suitable to be carried easily in a pocket or purse;
• receiving the voice communications by a processor of the apparatus, the processor being communicatively coupled to the telecommunications circuitry;
• generating a transcript of the voice communications by the processor under control of speech recognition program instructions stored in a memory of the apparatus;
• and
• projecting the transcript on a display of the apparatus responsive to processing the transcript by the processor, wherein the processor performs the step of:
• extracting information from the transcript automatically and selectively by the processor in response to editing program instructions stored in the memory.

A method for capturing information in cell phone communication, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving wirelessly a voice communication directly from a cell phone network, wherein the receiving is by telecommunications circuitry dan apparatus of a size and weight that is suitable to be carried easily in a pocket or purse;
• receiving the voice communications by a processor of the apparatus, the processor being communicatively coupled to the telecommunications circuitry;
• generating a transcript of the voice communications by the processor under control of speech recognition program instructions stored in a memory of the apparatus;
• and
• projecting the transcript on a display of the apparatus responsive to processing the transcript by the processor, wherein the processor performs the steps of:
• extracting information from the transcript;
• formatting the extracted information;
• and
• merging the formatted, extracted information with organizer data.

A computer program product for capturing information in a voice communication, the communication being received wirelessly directly from a cell phone network, wherein the receiving is by telecommunications circuitry of an apparatus, wherein the apparatus is of a size and weight that is suitable to be carried easily in a pocket or purse and a processor of the apparatus communicatively coupled to the telecommunications circuitry receives the voice communication, the computer program product comprising instructions stored in a memory of the apparatus for causing the processor to perform the steps of:

• generating a transcript of the voice communications;
• projecting the transcript on a display of the apparatus responsive to processing the transcript by the processor;
• extracting information from the transcript;
• formatting the extracted information;
• and
• merging the formatted, extracted information with organizer data.