Patent ID: 8265930

Claim:
A method for converting voice data into a text file comprising: receiving and maintaining user preferences from an individual, wherein the user preferences govern a format of content delivery to the individual and identify one of three mechanisms of transcription that is preferred by the individual; receiving voice data from the individual into a voice communication device; providing an identifier to the voice data that associates the individual therewith; transmitting the voice data and the identifier from the voice communication device through a wireless communication network to a database; at least temporarily storing the voice data and the identifier to the database; selecting the preferred one of the three mechanisms of transcription based on the received user preferences that correspond with the identifier, wherein the three mechanisms of transcription are a speaker-independent transcription mechanism, a speaker-dependent transcription mechanism, and a human transcriber; when the selected one of the three mechanisms of transcription is the speaker-dependent transcription mechanism, passing the voice data to the speaker-dependent transcription mechanism that is utilized to transcribe the voice data into a text file, wherein the speaker-dependent transcription mechanism is an automated computer program that is pre-calibrated by speech patterns of the individual to process the voice data transmitted via the wireless communication network therefrom; utilizing the speaker-dependent transcription mechanism to transcribe the voice data into a text file; delivering the text file or the voice data and the text file to a communication device, wherein the delivery is based on the user preferences that correspond with the identifier, wherein, when governed by the user preferences, performing the delivery by writing the text file and the voice data to a web server that is accessible to a text communication device via a hyperlink assigned to the individual.