Device for automatically translating and presenting voice messages as text messages
View Patent ↗The present invention provides an automatic message capturing system including a recording device in a first location adapted to receive a spoken message and preserve the spoken message as a recorded message, a translation device adapted to automatically translate the recorded message into a text format, and at least one presentation device in a second location adapted to automatically display the text format of the message as a viewable message.
1. A message capturing system comprising:
a portable recording device in a first location adapted to receive a spoken message from a user in the first location and to preserve the spoken message as a recorded message in the first location;
a translation device adapted to receive the recorded message from the recording device, to automatically translate the recorded message into a text message, and to automatically send only the text message; and
at least one presentation device in a second location adapted to receive the text message from the translation device and to automatically display the text message to the user as a viewable message at the second location.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the recorded message is sent from the recording device to the translation device via a wireless transmission.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the wireless transmission is made by use of a Bluetooth-compatible chip.
4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the recorded message is sent from the recording device to the translation device upon receiving a voice command.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the text message is sent from the translation device to the presentation device via a wireless transmission.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein the wireless transmission is made by use of a Bluetooth-compatible chip.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the recording device is a digital recorder.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the presentation device is a printer.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the presentation device is a computer adapted to display the text message in a viewable form.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the presentation device is a handheld device adapted to display the text message in a viewable form.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein the recording device has a filter adapted to reduce or remove background noise.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the portable recording device and the translation device are combined as a single portable device in the first location.
13. The system of claim 1 , where the translation device and the presentation device are combined as a single device in the second location.
14. A method for capturing messages comprising:
digitally recording with a portable recording device in a first location, a spoken message from a user in possession of the recording device, to provide a recorded message;
automatically sending the recorded message to a translation device;
automatically translating the recorded message into a text message with a translation device;
automatically sending only the text message to a presentation device in a second location, remote from the first location; and
automatically presenting the text message to the user as a viewable message by the presentation device in the second location.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the recording and translation devices are combined into a single portable device in the first location.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein the translation and presentation devices are combined into a single device in the second location.
17. The method of claim 14 wherein the presentation device is a printer.
18. The method of claim 14 wherein the presentation device is a computer.
19. The method of claim 14 wherein the presentation device is a handheld device.
20. The method of claim 14 wherein automatically sending the recorded message to the translation device is effected by voice command.