Method and apparatus for processing the output of a speech recognition engine

Abstract

data processing apparatus is disclosed for receiving recognition data from a speech recognition engine and its corresponding dictated audio data where the recognition data includes recognized words or characters. A display displays the recognized words or characters and the recognized words or characters restored as a file together with the corresponding audio data. The recognized words or characters can be processed and link data is formed to link the position of the words or characters in the file and the position of the corresponding audio component in the audio data.

1 . Data processing apparatus comprising: 
 input means for receiving recognition data from a speech recognition engine and audio data, said recognition data including a string of recognised characters and audio identifiers identifying audio components corresponding to a character component of the recognised characters;    storage means for storing said audio data received from said input means;    processing means for receiving and processing the input recognised characters to at least one of replace, insert, move and position the recognised characters to form a processed character string;    link means for forming link data linking the audio identifiers to the character component positions in the character string and for updating said link data after processing to maintain the link between the audio identifiers and the character component positions in the processed character string;    display means for displaying the characters received and processed by said processing means;    user operable selection means for selecting characters in the displayed characters for audio playback, where said link data identifies any selected audio components, if present, which are linked to the selected characters; and    audio playback means for playing back the selected audio components in the order of the character component positions in the character string or the processed character string.    
   
   
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