# US 8,543,396 B2 · Continuous speech transcription performance indication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,543,396 B2 - Document ID: US8543396B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/621,179 - Filed: 2012-09-15 - Published: 2013-01-17 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2007-08-22 - Assignees: Canyon IP Holdings LLC - Applicants: James Richard Terrell, II; Marc White; Igor Roditis Jablokov - Inventors: James Richard Terrell, II; Marc White; Igor Roditis Jablokov - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543396B2 ## CPC - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - G10L 15/01: Assessment or evaluation of speech recognition systems - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G10L 2015/221: {Announcement of recognition results} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract Audio data that includes speech may be transcribed to text by a speech recognition engine. One or more metrics associated with the audio data and/or the text may be determined. An indicator related to a metric may be provided for a portion of the audio data or the text for which the metric was determined. The indicator may be presented in a user-perceptible format. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method comprising: under control of one or more computing devices configured with specific computer-executable instructions, receiving audio data comprising speech; transcribing the speech, using a speech recognition engine, to generate a transcription comprising first text; determining a metric associated with the first text; selecting, based at least in part on the metric, an indicator of the metric; and causing presentation of the first text using the indicator of the metric. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metric corresponds to at least one of a level of background noise, a volume, or a confidence level of a portion of the transcription comprising the first text. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the audio data was received from a client device, and wherein causing presentation of the first text using the indicator of the metric comprises transmitting the first text to the client device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a designation of a recipient device from a client device, wherein the audio data was received from the client device, and wherein causing presentation of the first text using the indicator of the metric comprises transmitting a message to the recipient device, the message comprising the first text. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein selecting the indicator of the metric comprises selecting a representation of the first text. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the representation of the first text comprises at least one of a color of the first text, a grayscale level of the first text, a weight of the first text, an underlining of the first text, or a font size of the first text. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the indicator of the metric comprises an audible indicator. ### Claim 8 A system comprising: an electronic data store configured to store one or more algorithms that, when executed, implement a speech recognition engine; and a computing device in communication with the electronic data store, the computing device configured to: receive audio data comprising speech; transcribe the speech with the speech recognition engine to generate a transcription comprising first text; determine a first metric associated with the first text; select, based at least in part on the first metric, a representation of the first text; cause presentation of the first text using the selected representation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the selected representation of the first text comprises at least one of a color of the first text, a grayscale level of the first text, a weight of the first text, an underlining of the first text, or a font size of the first text. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first metric comprises at least one of a level of background noise, a volume, or a confidence level of a portion of the transcription comprising the first text. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first text comprises at least one of a syllable, a word, a phrase, or a sentence. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the audio data was received from a client device, and wherein the computing device is configured to cause presentation of the first text using the selected representation by transmitting the first text and information about the selected representation to the client device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the audio data was received from a client device, wherein the computing device is further configured to receive a designation of a recipient device from the client device, and wherein the computing device is configured to cause presentation of the first text using the selected representation by transmitting the first text and information about the selected representation to the recipient device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine a second metric associated with the first text, and wherein the representation of the first text is selected further based at least in part on the second metric. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-executable module configured to execute in one or more processors of a device, the computer-executable module being further configured to: obtain text transcribed from audio data using a speech recognition engine, wherein the text comprises a first portion; obtain information about a metric associated with the first portion of the text; and cause presentation of the first portion of the text using the information about the metric. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-executable module is further configured to receive a designation of a recipient device, and wherein the computer-executable module is configured to cause presentation of the first portion of the text using the information about the metric by transmitting, to the recipient device, a message comprising the first portion of the text and the information about the metric. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-executable module is configured to obtain the text and the information about the metric by receiving a message comprising the first portion of the text and the information about the metric. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the speech recognition engine is included in the device, and wherein the computer-executable module is further configured to: obtain the audio data; obtain the text by using the speech recognition engine to transcribe the audio data; and obtain the information about the metric associated with the first portion of the text by determining the information about the metric. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the information about the metric comprises formatting corresponding to the first portion of the text, wherein the formatting was generated using the metric. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the formatting corresponding to the first portion of the text comprises at least one of a color of the first portion of the text, a grayscale level of the first portion of the text, a weight of the first portion of the text, an underlining of the first portion of the text, or a font size of the first portion of the text.