Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Multilingual system or operation
Patent
1994-03-17
1996-06-11
Hofsass, Jeffrey
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Multilingual system or operation
379 96, 379 67, 381 43, 381 44, 395 2, H04M 164
Patent
active
055264077
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for recording, categorizing, organizing, managing and retrieving speech information obtains a speech stream; stores the speech stream in at least a temporary storage; provides a visual representation of portions of the speech stream to the user; categorizes portions of a speech stream, with or without the aid of the visual representation, by user command and/or by automatic recognition of speech qualities; stores, in at least a temporary storage, structure which represents a categorized portions of the speech stream; and selectively retrieves one or more of the categorized portions of the Speech stream.
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McCusker Michael V.
Russell Steven P.
Hofsass Jeffrey
Riverrun Technology
Tsang Fan
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