Patent ID: 7075671

Claim:
A system for providing a printing capability for a transcription service, comprising: a printing means; a transcription service for producing transcribed text; and a real time transcription (RTT) print server for receiving transcribed text output from said transcription service and translating the transcribed text output into a format compatible with said printing means, said RTT print server including a Multimedia Integration Module (MIM) for integrating video, images, or graphs into transcribed text output on the printing means, the RTT print server including: an Input/Output (I/O) communication module for providing an interface with the transcription service and the printing means; a Fax Connection Module for maintaining an active connection with the printing means; an Audio Fragment Management Module (FMM) for buffering transcribed text into fragments and sending said fragments to be printed on the printing means; a Control Module for controlling the real time transcription process, for directing signals in the RTT print server, for storing user preferences, and for storing information about at least one printing means; a Multimedia Synchronization Module (MSM) for synchronizing multimedia signals with transcribed text output on the printing means, the MSM including a Signal Separator for separating out an audio and a video signal from a multimedia input signal; and a Synchronizer for receiving said separated audio and video signals, for time-aligning, if necessary, said separated audio and video signals, and for synchronizing said separated audio and video signals with transcribed text output from the FMM.