Patents by Inventor Pamela A. Frazier

Pamela A. Frazier 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).

  • Patent number: 7164753
    Abstract: A voice transcription system employing a speech engine to transcribe spoken words, detects the spelled entry of words via keyboard or voice to invoke a database of common words attempting to complete the word before all the letters have been input. This database is separate from the database of words used by the speech engine. A voice level indicator is presented to the operator to help the operator keep his or her voice in the ideal range of the speech engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Ultratec, Incl
    Inventors: Robert M. Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy D. Vitek, Kurt M. Grittner, Jayne M. Turner, Pamela A. Frazier
  • Patent number: 6882707
    Abstract: A training method and apparatus to train a call assistant to operate a telephone relay system for the hearing impaired that uses a re-voicing technique to produce near real-time transcription of a telephone conversation for display on a caption telephone or other device. The invention simulates an actual relay call as realistically as possible and produces a report on the skill of the particular call assistant being trained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Ultratec, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy D. Vitek, Kurt M. Gritner, Jayne M. Turner, Pamela A. Frazier
  • Publication number: 20030212547
    Abstract: A voice transcription system employing a speech engine to transcribe spoken words, detects the spelled entry of words via keyboard or voice to invoke a database of common words attempting to complete the word before all the letters have been input. This database is separate from the database of words used by the speech engine. A voice level indicator is presented to the operator to help the operator keep his or her voice in the ideal range of the speech engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Robert M. Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy D. Vitek, Kurt M. Grittner, Jayne M. Turner, Pamela A. Frazier
  • Patent number: 6567503
    Abstract: An editing system for real-time remote transcription, such as may be used by deaf or hearing impaired individuals, displays transcribed text on a screen prior to transmission so that a human call assistant may identify words being held in a buffer by their spatial location on the screen to initiate a correction of those words either through speech or text entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Ultratec, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy D. Vitek, Kurt M. Gritner, Jayne M. Turner, Pamela A. Frazier
  • Publication number: 20020114429
    Abstract: A training method and apparatus to train a call assistant to operate a telephone relay system for the hearing impaired that uses a re-voicing technique to produce near real-time transcription of a telephone conversation for display on a caption telephone or other device. The invention simulates an actual relay call as realistically as possible and produces a report on the skill of the particular call assistant being trained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Robert M. Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy D. Vitek, Kurt M. Gritner, Jayne M. Turner, Pamela A. Frazier
  • Publication number: 20010005825
    Abstract: An editing system for real-time remote transcription, such as may be used by deaf or hearing impaired individuals, displays transcribed text on a screen prior to transmission so that a human call assistant may identify words being held in a buffer by their spatial location on the screen to initiate a correction of those words either through speech or text entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Robert M. Engelke, Kevin R. Colwell, Troy D. Vitek, Kurt M. Gritner, Jayne M. Turner, Pamela A. Frazier