Patent ID: 8060370

Claim:
A method for mobile audio playback and dictation, comprising: in response to a user initiating a download of a source document from a computer to a mobile device, a first conversion component of the computer converting the source document to a source audio file; downloading the source audio file from the computer to a source audio store of the mobile device; in response to the user initiating a playback mode on the mobile device, an audio playback component of the mobile device entering a playback mode during which the source audio file is played and a voice detection component of the mobile device entering a listen mode during which the voice detection component listens for voice; upon the voice detection component detecting voice indicative of a voice interrupt condition during the playback mode, the voice detection component transmitting a pause signal to the playback component to pause the playback mode and the audio playback component transmitting a source data buffer index to the voice detection component; the voice detection component recording the voice as a comment, storing the comment as a recorded comment and the source data buffer index in a recorded comment store of the mobile device, and, upon completion of the voice interrupt condition, transmitting a resume signal to the audio playback component to resume the playback mode of the audio playback component; upon completion of playing of the audio file, the audio playback component causing the voice detection component to exit the listen mode; and in response to the user initiating an upload of the source audio file from the mobile device to the computer, further comprising: the computer retrieving the source audio file from the source audio store and one or more recorded comments and corresponding one or more source data buffer indexes associated with each voice interrupt condition from the recorded comment store; for each recorded comment of the one or more recorded comments retrieved from the recorded comment store, further comprising: a second conversion component of the computer transcribing the source audio file back into a source document format in an updated source document until the source data buffer index for the recorded comment is encountered; and the second conversion component transcribing the recorded comment into the source document format to generate a source document format comment that is written into the updated source document at the source data buffer index; and from a last source data buffer index of a last recorded comment of the one or more recorded comments to the end of the retrieved source audio file, transcribing the source audio file into the source document format in the updated source document.