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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Kerry A. Ortega, Raleigh, NC (US);
James R. Lewis, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Ronald Vanbuskirk, Indiantown, FL (US);
Huifang Wang, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A transcription system ( ) includes multiple recording devices ( ) that individually record and store ( ), into multiple files, digital data representing speech uttered by multiple speakers. In a preferred embodiment, time stamps are stored ( ) along with the speech. A transcription computer ( ) enables a user to select ( ) which of multiple files the user would like to have transcribed, and to associate ( ) a speaker ID to each of the multiple files. The transcription computer then transcribes ( ) phrases within the multiple files, and stores ( ) those phrases in a sequential order, based on the time stamps. The user may also cause an offset time for each file to be adjusted ( ), thus affecting the ultimate sequential order of the transcribed phrases. After transcription, the user may edit ( ) the time stamps, speaker IDs, and/or phrases.