Patent ID: 8890869
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving digital audio data including hierarchical segment information, the hierarchical segment information identifying one or more segments of the audio data for each of a plurality of segment types, wherein the segment types include one or more of phoneme, word, sentence, paragraph, or speaker, and wherein each of the segment types corresponds to one of a plurality of levels of a segment hierarchy; and displaying a visual representation of the audio data at a first zoom level in an interface, the visual representation displaying audio data as a function of time on a time axis and a feature on a feature axis, the visual representation of the audio data further including a display of visual identifiers for each segment of one or more segments of a first segment type, wherein the visual identifiers are concurrently displayed such that adjacent segments of the first segment type are visually distinguished within the visual representation of the audio data.