Patents by Inventor Elizabeth M. Lovance

Elizabeth M. Lovance has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for report level confidence
    Patent number: 7818175
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for Report Confidence Modeling (RCM) including automatic adaptive classification of ASR output documents to determine the most efficient document edit workflow to convert dictation into finished output. The RCM according to the present invention may include a mechanism to predict recognition accuracy of a document generated by an ASR engine. Predicted accuracy of the document allows an ASR application to sort recognized documents based on their estimated accuracy or quality and route them appropriately for further processing, editing and/or formatting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventors: Alwin B. Carus, Larissa Lapshina, Elizabeth M. Lovance
  • Systems and methods for evaluating speaker suitability for automatic speech recognition aided transcription
    Patent number: 7292975
    Abstract: The invention is a method for determining the most efficient mode of transcription in a transcription system utilizing both a human transcriptionist and automated speech recognition, and systems employing this method. The invention allows determination of speaker suitability for automated speech recognition based on voice files that have already been transcribed by a human transcriptionist, and thus does not generally require a speaker to read a transcript and does not generally require a transcriptionist to transcribe a voice file specifically for the purposes of the determination. The invention allows one of several different modes of transcription to be associated with the speaker, and provides a method for determining which of these several different modes would maximize the efficiency of the transcription system for transcribing voice files generated by the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth M. Lovance, Andrew MacGinitie
  • Systems and methods for evaluating speaker suitability for automatic speech recognition aided transcription
    Publication number: 20040049385
    Abstract: The invention is a method for determining the most efficient mode of transcription in a transcription system utilizing both a human transcriptionist and automated speech recognition, and systems employing this method. The invention allows determination of speaker suitability for automated speech recognition based on voice files that have already been transcribed by a human transcriptionist, and thus does not generally require a speaker to read a transcript and does not generally require a transcriptionist to transcribe a voice file specifically for the purposes of the determination. The invention allows one of several different modes of transcription to be associated with the speaker, and provides a method for determining which of these several different modes would maximize the efficiency of the transcription system for transcribing voice files generated by the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Dictaphone Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth M. Lovance, Andrew MacGinitie