IP Library Granted Patent US 8,775,176
Granted Patent B2
US 8,775,176 · App. 13/975,901 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Method and system for providing an automated web transcription service

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Patent No.
US 8,775,176
App. No.
13/975,901
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, method and computer readable medium that provides an automated web transcription service is disclosed. The method may include receiving input speech from a user using a communications network, recognizing the received input speech, understanding the recognized speech, transcribing the understood speech to text, storing the transcribed text in a database, receiving a request via a web page to display the transcribed text, retrieving transcribed text from the database, and displaying the transcribed text to the requester using the web page.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

upon verifying an identity of a user:

identifying, via a processor, a template for a domain associated with the user;

receiving input speech from the user, the input speech comprising a substantive portion and an instructional portion, the instructional portion related to navigation between fields in the template;

transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech to text, to yield transcribed text;

inserting the transcribed text into the template, to yield a completed template; and

storing the completed template in a database; and

upon receiving a request to play a dictation for a particular word in the completed template, playing the dictation of the particular word.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to play the dictation is made by a second user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting a cost of the transcribed text based on an accuracy of the transcribed text.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prompting a second user to select one of printing the transcribed text, sending the transcribed text to another party, and saving the transcribed text to a memory.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech further comprises transcribing the substantive portion into a predefined document template.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech further comprises highlighting the transcribed text based on recognition confidence levels.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adapting the method based on correction data and new data.

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:

upon verifying an identity of a user:

identifying, via a processor, a template for a domain associated with the user;

receiving input speech from the user, the input speech comprising a substantive portion and an instructional portion, the instructional portion related to navigation between fields in the template;

transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech to text, to yield transcribed text;

inserting the transcribed text into the template, to yield a completed template; and

storing the completed template in a database; and

upon receiving a request to play a dictation for a particular word in the completed template, playing the dictation of the particular word.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the request to play the dictation is made by a second user.

10. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in operations further comprising adjusting a cost of the transcribed text based on an accuracy of the transcribed text.

11. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in operations further comprising prompting a second user to select one of printing the transcribed text, sending the transcribed text to another party, and saving the transcribed text to a memory.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech further comprises transcribing the substantive portion into a predefined document template.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech further comprises highlighting the transcribed text based on recognition confidence levels.

14. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in operations further comprising adapting the method based on correction data and new data.

15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

upon verifying an identity of a user:

identifying, via a processor, a template for a domain associated with the user;

receiving input speech from the user, the input speech comprising a substantive portion and an instructional portion, the instructional portion related to navigation between fields in the template;

transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech to text, to yield transcribed text;

inserting the transcribed text into the template, to yield a completed template; and

storing the completed template in a database; and

upon receiving a request to play a dictation for a particular word in the completed template, playing the dictation of the particular word.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the request to play the dictation is made by a second user.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions stored which result in operations further comprising adjusting a cost of the transcribed text based on an accuracy of the transcribed text.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions stored which result in operations further comprising prompting a second user to select one of printing the transcribed text, sending the transcribed text to another party, and saving the transcribed text to a memory.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech further comprises transcribing the substantive portion into a predefined document template.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein transcribing the substantive portion of the input speech further comprises highlighting the transcribed text based on recognition confidence levels.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2016
From: AT&T CORP.
To: AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 038275/0238 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2016
From: AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2013
From: GILBERT, MAZIN; KANTHAK, STEPHAN
To: AT&T CORP.
Reel/Frame 031110/0230 →