Patent ID: 8155957

Claim:
An automated transcription system comprising: a portable electronic device comprising means for creating and managing a plurality of predetermined templates having a plurality of headings and sub-headings that are automatically populated in real time as a user speaks an audio message, and means for converting and displaying said audio message to a text message on said portable electronic device and thereby enabling a user to read, edit and print said text message; wherein said template creating and managing means comprises a processor; a memory electrically coupled to said processor, said memory including a software program application that causes said automated transcription system to execute a control logic algorithm including the steps of: a. requesting the user to speak a first command, b. displaying a corresponding one of said templates based upon recognition of said spoken first command, c. prompting the user to beginning dictating said audio message, d. verifying whether corresponding headings and subheadings have been populated, e. if a corresponding one of said headings and subheadings has not been populated, automatically parsing said audio message and automatically populating said corresponding one of said headings and subheadings in real time, f. repeating steps a.-e. until all of said headings and subheadings have been automatically populated in said template in real time, and g. notifying a user when all of said headings and subheadings have been automatically populated.