METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE FROM A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A SEPARATE TERMINAL AND ASSOCIATED PORTABLE DEVICE AND TERMINAL

摘要

The disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a message from a portable communication device to a separate terminal including a step of recording at the portable communication device a voice message, and a step of generating, at the portable communication device, a multimedia file including at least the voice message. According to the disclosure, the portable communication device transmits to the separate terminal a signal including the multimedia file and a specific flag for indicating that the voice message is to be displayed as a text message. Upon reception of the signal at the separate terminal, the voice message is extracted and specific flag is detected. Upon detection of the specific flag, speech-to-text conversion is performed at the separate terminal in order to transform the voice message into a text message to be displayed.

主权项

1. A method implemented in a portable communication device for generating a multimedia file including a voice message, the method comprising:
recording the voice message at the portable communication device; generating at the portable communication device the multimedia file comprising at least the voice message and an indicator indicating that the voice message is to be displayed as a text message; and transmitting a signal from the portable communication device including the multimedia file and the indicator subsequent to the recording.