Methods and systems for dictation and transcription

摘要

Automated delivery and filing of transcribed material prepared from dictated audio files into a central record-keeping system are presented. A user dictates information from any location, uploads that audio file to a transcriptionist to be transcribed, and the transcribed material is automatically delivered into a central record keeping system, filed with the appropriate client or matter file, and the data stored in the designated appropriate fields within those client or matter files. Also described is the recordation of meetings from multiple sources using mobile devices and the detection of the active or most prominent speaker at given intervals in the meeting. Further, text boxes on websites are completed using an audio recording application and offsite transcription.

主权项

1. A method for recording a meeting, comprising:
receiving on a server two or more audio streams from speakers in a meeting; temporally synchronizing the audio streams; normalizing volume of the audio streams; evaluating audio samples during the progression of the audio streams and, at such time as an audio stream has the highest amplitude for a predetermined period, designating that audio stream as the active speaker; and at such time as a different audio stream has the highest amplitude for the predetermined period, designating that audio stream as the active speaker.