Patent ID: 8121838

Claim:
A method for prioritizing speech recognition results from a plurality of speech recognition tasks to a human transcriptionist for evaluation, the method comprising acts of: accessing logged information generated during the plurality of speech recognition tasks, the accessing comprising accessing first logged information generated during a first speech recognition task and second logged information generated during a second speech recognition task, the first speech recognition task being performed on one or more first spoken utterances and producing a first recognized text, the second speech recognition task being performed on one or more second spoken utterances different from the one or more first spoken utterances and producing a second recognized text different from the first recognized text; associating a first accuracy rating with at least one portion of the first recognized text based at least in part on the first logged information, wherein the at least one portion of the first recognized text comprises a recognized phrase output by the first speech recognition task based on the one or more first spoken utterances, and wherein the first accuracy rating associated with the at least one portion of the first recognized text is based at least in part on at least one item of information that relates to the recognized phrase but is independent of a confidence score associated with the recognized phrase and independent of confidence scores associated with a plurality of phrases in an N-best match output by the first speech recognition task, the plurality of phrases in the N-best match being different from the recognized phrase; associating a second accuracy rating with at least one portion of the second recognized text based at least in part on the second logged information; and presenting the at least one portion of the first recognized text and the at least one portion of the second recognized text to the human transcriptionist for evaluation, wherein the at least one portion of the first recognized text is presented in such a manner as to be dissociated from at least one other portion of the first recognized text, and wherein at least one visual indication is provided to reflect a priority between the at least one portion of the first recognized text and the at least one portion of the second recognized text, the priority being determined based at least partially on the first and second accuracy ratings.