Patent Document ID: 8750463
Application ID: 11931038

Base Claim:
1. A voice messaging system for converting an audio voice message from a caller into text, the voice messaging system comprising: a plurality of conversion resources for converting the audio voice message into the text for an intended recipient, the plurality of conversion resources comprising: at least one automatic speech recognition (ASR) system to automatically recognize at least some of the audio voice message and generate a plurality of candidate word or phrase sequences; and a computer implemented boundary selection sub-system adapted to process the audio voice message to determine a type of at least one portion of the audio voice message as being a greeting portion, a message body portion and/or a tail portion of the audio voice message received from the caller and to select, based on a selected optimal conversion strategy, one or more different pieces of ASR for recognizing the at least one portion based on the type determined.

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Claim 15:
15. The system of claim 1 further comprising a mobile telephone network.