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US 9,858,256 · App. 14/981,243 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Methods and systems for correcting transcribed audio files

Inventor: Paul M. Hager (Stoughton, WI)
Assignee: III HOLDINGS 1, LLC
G06F17/273G10L15/01G10L15/063G10L15/18G10L15/183G10L15/26G10L2015/0635
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Patent No.
US 9,858,256
App. No.
14/981,243
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for correcting transcribed text. One method includes receiving audio data from one or more audio data sources and transcribing the audio data based on a voice model to generate text data. The method also includes making the text data available to a plurality of users over at least one computer network and receiving corrected text data over the at least one computer network from the plurality of users. In addition, the method can include modifying the voice model based on the corrected text data.

Claims (15)

1. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

transcribing a first plurality of received audio data sets based on a voice-independent model to generate a plurality of text data sets, the first plurality of audio data sets from one or more audio data sources, wherein at least two of the plurality of text data sets are associated with different speakers;

storing the plurality of text data sets;

making the plurality of text data sets available to a plurality of users over at least one computer network;

in response to receiving a plurality of corrected text data sets over the at least one computer network from at least one of the plurality of users, wherein the plurality of corrected text data sets are associated with the plurality of text data sets and at least two of the plurality of corrected text data sets are associated with different speakers, updating the voice-independent model based on the plurality of corrected text data sets; and

transcribing a second plurality of audio data sets based on the voice-independent model as updated, wherein at least two of the second plurality of audio data sets are associated with different speakers.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein at least one set of the first plurality of audio data sets originates from a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) voicemail server.

3. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein at least one set of the first plurality of audio data sets originates from a client computer coupled to the at least one computer network.

4. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise extracting at least one set of the first plurality of audio data sets from an e-mail message.

5. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise requesting an audio data set of the first plurality of audio data from the one or more audio data sources.

6. The memory device of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise prioritizing the first plurality of audio data sets.

7. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a correction notification to at least one of the plurality of users, the correction notification identifying at least one of the plurality of text data sets.

8. The memory device of claim 7 , wherein sending a correction notification to at least one of the plurality of users includes sending an e-mail correction notification to the at least one of the plurality of users.

9. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise indexing the plurality of text data sets to create a keyword index, the keyword index including a position of each of a plurality of keywords included in the plurality of text data sets.

10. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a message notification to a user, the message notification identifying at least one of the plurality of text data sets.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2016
From: VOVISION, LLC
To: III HOLDINGS 1, LLC
Reel/Frame 039267/0649 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 14138609 · Dec 23, 2013
Continuation 13803733 · Mar 14, 2013
Continuation 12278332
Provisional Application 60792640 · Apr 17, 2006
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