Patent ID: 7979281

Claim:
A method for creating a second file having text segments synchronized with an audio file, comprising: (a) receiving a text segment and a first file associated with the text segment, the first file including an audio file and at least one tag information line, each tag information line containing a respective portion of original text transcribed from the audio file and an audio length value reflecting time elapsed in the audio file corresponding to the respective original text portion; (b) identifying a current tag as a first of the at least one tag information lines; (c) storing the audio length value from the current tag in a new tag information line of the second file; (d) determining whether the original text portion of the current tag is found in the text segment; and (e) when it is determined that the original text portion of the current tag is not found in the text segment, identifying a corrected text of the text segment and adjusting the audio length value of the new tag information line of the second file to reflect time elapsed in the audio file corresponding to the corrected text.