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System and method for efficiently transcribing verbal messages to text

US8583433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2012
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2203/4536
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for efficiently transcribing verbal messages to text is provided. Verbal messages are received and at least one of the verbal messages is divided into segments. Automatically recognized text is determined for each of the segments by performing speech recognition and a confidence rating is assigned to the automatically recognized text for each segment. A threshold is applied to the confidence ratings and those segments with confidence ratings that fall below the threshold are identified. The segments that fall below the threshold are assigned to one or more human agents starting with those segments that have the lowest confidence ratings. Transcription from the human agents is received for the segments assigned to that agent. The transcription is assembled with the automatically recognized text of the segments not assigned to the human agents as a text message for the at least one verbal message.

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