Patent ID: 7908145

Claim:
A transcription system, comprising: a transcription module configured to generate one or more transcription signals that include transcribed text representing one or more spoken words in real time, wherein the transcription module synchronizes the transcribed text in the one or more transcription signals with one or more recordings that correspond to the transcribed text; a first communication device communicatively coupled to the transcription module over one or more communication links, wherein the first communication device is configured to: display the transcribed text in the one or more transcription signals in response to receiving the one or more transcription signals from the transcription module over the one or more communication links; define a message that annotates a selected portion of the transcribed text displayed on the first communication device; and transmit the message that annotates the selected portion of the transcribed text displayed on the first communication device over the one or more communication links; and a second communication device communicatively coupled to the transcription module and the first communication device over the one or more communication links, wherein the second communication device is configured to: receive the message transmitted from the first communication device over the one or more communication links; display the selected portion of the transcribed text annotated with the message transmitted from the first communication device, wherein the second communication device displays the selected portion of the transcribed text with the message annotating the selected portion of the transcribed text in response to receiving a selection of the message on the second communication device; and play a portion of the one or more recordings synchronized with the selected portion of the transcribed text in the one or more transcription signals.