Patent ID: 6766294
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A performance gauge configured to interface with a transcription system including a speech processor linked to at least one speech recognition engine and at least one transcriptionist, the speech processor includes an input for receiving speech files and storage means for storing the received speech files until such a time that they are forwarded to a selected speech recognition engine or transcriptionist for processing, the performance gauge comprising:a recognition engine text file database in which recognition engine text files are transcribed via the at least one speech recognition engine, each stored recognition engine text file including recognition engine operational information and a plurality of time stamps, whereby each time stamp indicates a position within a respective stored recognition engine text file; a transcriptionist text file database in which manually transcribed speech files as manual transcriptionist text files and associated corrected recognition engine text files are stored, each manual transcriptionist text file including transcriptionist operational information and a plurality of time-stamps, each time-stamp indicative of a position within a respective speech file; a comparator configured to receive a selected speech file, an associated recognition engine text file of said selected speech, and an associated manual transcriptionist text file of said selected speech file and determine a difference between corresponding time-stamps of said associated recognition text file and said associated manual transcriptionist text file with said associated manual transcriptionist text file as a baseline, wherein the comparator is further configured to determine a difference in time for preparing the associated manual transcriptionist text file and the associated corrected speech recognition engine text file; and a report generator receiving the differences in the associated manual transcriptionist text file and the associated recognition engine text file and comparison of time between the associated recognition engine text file and the associated corrected recognition engine text file from said comparator so as to issue a report for evaluation by administrators of the transcription system.