Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC

Captioncall, LLC

Sorenson Communications, Inc.

Shane Roylance

Kenneth Boehme

Brian Chevrier

Merle Lamar Walker, Iii

Pat Nola

David James Thomson

Jonathan Skaggs

Scot Lorin Brooksby

Jadie Adams

Joseph N Romriell

Michael Sorokine

James Rollins

Thomas Robert Stringham

David Black

Joshua McClellan

Robert Cochran Puzey

Merle L Walker

Michael Holm

Jeffrey Charles Bullough

Ryan Jones

David Kam

Hansen Phangia

Josh Allison

Cameron Tingey

A method to generate a contact list may include receiving an identifier of a first communication device at a captioning system. The first communication device may be configured to provide first audio data to a second communication device. The second communication device may be configured to receive first text data of the first audio data from the captioning system. The method may further include receiving and storing contact data from each of multiple communication devices at the captioning system. The method may further include selecting the contact data from the multiple communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device as selected contact data and generating a contact list based on the selected contact data. The method may also include sending the contact list to the first communication device to provide the contact list as contacts for presentation on an electronic display of the first communication device.

Captioning communication systems

A method may include obtaining first audio data originating at a first device during a communication session between the first device and a second device. The method may also include obtaining an availability of revoiced transcription units in a transcription system and in response to establishment of the communication session, selecting, based on the availability of revoiced transcription units, a revoiced transcription unit instead of a non-revoiced transcription unit to generate a transcript of the first audio data. The method may also include obtaining revoiced audio generated by a revoicing of the first audio data by a captioning assistant and generating a transcription of the revoiced audio using an automatic speech recognition system. The method may further include in response to selecting the revoiced transcription unit, directing the transcription of the revoiced audio to the second device as the transcript of the first audio data.

Switching between speech recognition systems

A method may include obtaining audio data originating at a first device during a communication session between the first device and a second device and providing the audio data to a first speech recognition system to generate a first transcript based on the audio data and directing the first transcript to the second device. The method may also include in response to obtaining a quality indication regarding a quality of the first transcript, multiplexing the audio data to provide the audio data to a second speech recognition system to generate a second transcript based on the audio data while continuing to provide the audio data to the first speech recognition system and direct the first transcript to the second device, and in response to obtaining a transfer indication that occurs after multiplexing of the audio data, directing the second transcript to the second device instead of the first transcript.

Transcription of communications using multiple speech recognition systems

A method to transcribe communications may include obtaining audio data originating at a first device during a communication session between the first device and a second device and providing the audio data to an automated speech recognition system configured to transcribe the audio data. The method may further include obtaining multiple hypothesis transcriptions generated by the automated speech recognition system. Each of the multiple hypothesis transcriptions may include one or more words determined by the automated speech recognition system to be a transcription of a portion of the audio data. The method may further include determining one or more consistent words that are included in two or more of the multiple hypothesis transcriptions and in response to determining the one or more consistent words, providing the one or more consistent words to the second device for presentation of the one or more consistent words by the second device.

Transcription of communications

A method may include obtaining first audio data originating at a first device during a communication session between the first device and a second device. The method may also include obtaining a first text string that is a transcription of the first audio data, where the first text string may be generated using automatic speech recognition technology using the first audio data. The method may also include obtaining a second text string that is a transcription of second audio data, where the second audio data may include a revoicing of the first audio data by a captioning assistant and the second text string may be generated by the automatic speech recognition technology using the second audio data. The method may further include generating an output text string from the first text string and the second text string and using the output text string as a transcription of the speech.

Transcription generation from multiple speech recognition systems

A computer-implemented method to integrate audiogram data into a device may include obtaining audiogram data including a first amplification value for each of multiple first frequencies. In some embodiments, the first amplification values may be configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user. The method may also include translating the audiogram data to amplification settings for multiple audio frequencies. A number of the multiple audio frequencies may be less than a number of the multiple first frequencies. The method may further include associating the amplification settings with a user profile of the user in a transcription system and directing the amplification settings from the transcription system to a device associated with the user profile. The method may also include applying the amplification settings to audio output by the device.

Integration of audiogram data into a device

Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for automatic volume control of an audio stream reproduced by a captioning communication service for use by a call assistant in generating a text transcription of a communication session between a hearing-impaired user and a far-end user. The automatic volume control automatically adjusts a volume of the audio stream reproduced by the captioning communication service responsive to a volume control command identifying which of the far-end voice signal and the near-end voice signal is active at a given time. The system further includes an echo modifier configured to add distortion to an echo portion of the far-end voice signal when generating the audio stream.

Automatic volume control of a voice signal provided to a captioning communication service

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