Patent ID: 6990444

Claim:
A system for securely transforming an audio stream to encoded text, comprising: a security core which provides security functions; a plurality of components, comprising at least an audio recording component and one or more transformation components; a security core operating module configured to operate the security core; wherein the components are securely operably connected to the security core, such that the security core can vouch for authenticity of each securely operably connected component; wherein the securely operably connected audio recording component is configured to record an audio stream; wherein the at least one of the securely operably connected transformation components is configured to transform the audio stream to a text stream; wherein the security core is configured to securely provide, for the text stream, an identification of the securely operably connected audio recording component and each of the at least one securely operably connected transformation components; wherein the security core is configured to detect whether the audio recording component and the at least one transformation component remain operably connected to the security core during the recording and the transforming of the audio stream; and wherein the security core is configured to abort the recording and the transforming if one or more of the audio recording component and the at least one transformation component fails to remain operably connected to the security core during the recording and the transforming of the audio stream.