Transcription method, apparatus and computer program product

A transcription apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• receive an audio file and a transcripted text report that includes a plurality of ordered words corresponding to the audio file;
• for each of a plurality of positions within the transcripted text report, correlate the respective position within the transcripted text report with a corresponding position within the audio file;
• and
• augment the transcripted text report to include a plurality of selectable elements by inserting the plurality of selectable elements within the transcripted text report with each selectable element associated with and displayed at a respective position within the transcripted text report, wherein one or more selectable elements are inserted within the transcripted text report so as to be displayed at a position between the ordered words of the transcripted text report, wherein the selectable elements are responsive to user actuation during review of the transcripted text report in order to cause the audio file to move to the corresponding position and to cause the audio file to be played beginning at the corresponding position with the word following the respective position at which the selectable element is displayed within the transcripted text report,
• wherein, following user actuation of a selectable element and playing of the audio file beginning at the corresponding position, the plurality of selectable elements, including one or more selectable elements that were not subject to user actuation, are changed and each of the plurality of selectable elements that are changed, including the one or more selectable elements that were not subject to user actuation, is then responsive to user actuation in order to cause playing of the audio file to be paused.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

• program code instructions configured to receive an audio file and a transcripted text report that includes a plurality of ordered words corresponding to the audio file;
• for each of a plurality of positions within the transcripted text report, program code instructions configured to correlate the respective position within the transcripted text report with a corresponding position within the audio file;
• and
• program code instructions configured to augment the transcripted text report to include a plurality of selectable elements by inserting the plurality of selectable elements within the transcripted text report with each selectable element associated with and displayed at a respective position within the transcripted text report, wherein one or more selectable elements are inserted within the transcripted text report so as to be displayed at a position between the ordered words of the transcripted text report, wherein the selectable elements are responsive to user actuation during review of the transcripted text report in order to cause the audio file to move to the corresponding position and to cause the audio file to be played beginning at the corresponding position with the word following the respective position at which the selectable element is displayed within the transcripted text report,
• wherein, following user actuation of a selectable element and playing of the audio file beginning at the corresponding position, the plurality of selectable elements, including one or more selectable elements that were not subject to user actuation, are changed and each of the plurality of selectable elements that are changed, including the one or more selectable elements that were not subject to user actuation, is then responsive to user actuation in order to cause playing of the audio file to be paused.