Patent ID: 7143033
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A transcriber for transcribing speech, said transcriber comprising: a sound transducer for converting said speech to an electrical signal; a speech analyzer operable for analyzing said electrical signal and producing a digital signal containing incoming phoneme information, said speech analyzer being operable for measuring an amplitude and frequency content related to said electrical signal to produce said incoming phoneme information, and said speech analyzer being operable for associating a timing sequence with said amplitude and frequency content to produce said incoming phoneme information; at least one phonetic library stored in a digital memory, said at least one phonetic library storing a plurality of phonemes; and a phoneme sound correlator operable for comparing said digital signal containing incoming phoneme information to said plurality of phonemes stored in said phonetic library, and producing a correlation level for use determining matches between said digital signals and said plurality of phonemes.