Method an apparatus for converting a voice signal received from a remote telephone to a text signal
View Patent ↗A telephone call is established between a local telephone ( 110 ) associated with a local party and a remote telephone ( 104 ) associated with a remote party. The local telephone ( 110 ) receives a voice signal from the remote telephone ( 104 ) responsive to establishing the telephone call. The voice signal represents directory assistance information, a name, a phone number or directions provided by the remote party. The local telephone ( 110 ) stores the voice signal in a memory unit ( 212 ) in the local telephone ( 110 ) responsive to receiving the voice signal. The local telephone ( 110 ) converts the voice signal to a text signal responsive to storing the voice signal. The local telephone ( 110 ) stores the text signal in the memory unit ( 214 ) in the local telephone ( 110 ) responsive to converting the voice signal to a text signal. The local telephone ( 110 ) edits the stored text signal in the memory unit responsive to storing the text signal. The local telephone ( 110 ) correlates the remote party's identity with the stored voice and/or text signal responsive to storing the voice and/or text signal. The local telephone ( 110 ) uses the stored edited text signal to make a new telephone call or to transfer the stored edited text signal to another electronic device.
1. A method comprising:
establishing at a local communication device a voice communication between the local communication device and a remote communication device;
receiving a voice signal associated with the voice communication;
determining, via the local communication device, whether to convert the voice signal into a text signal, to yield a determination, wherein the determination indicates to perform a conversion upon receiving a distinct audio service prompt; and
when the determination indicates to perform the conversion:
converting, via a processor, a portion of the voice signal to text, wherein the portion of the voice signal represents numerical values; and
editing the text to yield edited text.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a signal from a user to store the portion.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the local communication device receives the signal from the user via a data input key.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting one of the portion and the edited text to an additional device.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional device provides delayed processing of the one of the portion and the edited text.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the voice signal to text occurs in real time.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a copy of the portion is stored in the local communication device.
8. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
establishing at a local communication device a voice communication between the local communication device and a remote communication device;
receiving a voice signal associated with the voice communication;
determining, via the local communication device, whether to convert the voice signal into a text signal, to yield a determination, wherein the determination indicates to perform a conversion upon receiving a distinct audio service prompt; and
when the determination indicates to perform the conversion:
converting, via a processor, a portion of the voice signal to text, wherein the portion of the voice signal represents numerical values; and
editing the text to yield edited text.
9. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
receiving a signal from a user to store the portion.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the local communication device receives the signal from the user via a data input key.
11. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
initiating a second voice communication between the local communication device and a second remote communication device associated with the numerical values.
12. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
transmitting one of the portion and the edited text to an additional device.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the additional device provides delayed processing of the one of the portion and the edited text.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein converting the voice signal to text occurs in real time.
15. The system of claim 8 , wherein a copy of the portion is stored in the local communication device.
16. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
establishing at a local communication device a voice communication between the local communication device and a remote communication device;
receiving a voice signal associated with the voice communication;
determining, via the local communication device, whether to convert the voice signal into a text signal, to yield a determination, wherein the determination indicates to perform a conversion upon receiving a distinct audio service prompt; and
when the determination indicates to perform the conversion:
converting, via a processor, a portion of the voice signal to text, wherein the portion of the voice signal represents numerical values; and
editing the text to yield edited text.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instruction stored which result in the operations further comprising:
receiving a signal from a user to store the portion.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the local communication device receives the signal from the user via a data input key.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instruction stored which result in the operations further comprising:
initiating a second voice communication between the local communication device and a second remote communication device associated with the numerical values.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instruction stored which result in the operations further comprising:
transmitting one of the portion and the edited text to an additional device.