Abstract: A translation support system and the like are provided that is capable of preventing wasteful tasks due to simultaneous operations by more than one person and preventing inconsistent translation of translation words even in a case where a number of persons are simultaneously involved in the translation operations.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to podcasting and provide a method, system and computer program product for speed podcasting. In an embodiment of the invention, a speed podcasting method can include speech recognizing an audio portion of a podcast, parsing the speech recognized audio portion to identify essential words, and playing back only audio segments and corresponding video segments of the podcast including the essential words while excluding from playback audio segments and corresponding video segments of the podcast including non-essential words.

Abstract: A dialog assistant embodied in a computing system can present a clarification question based on a machine-readable version of human-generated conversational natural language input. Some versions of the dialog assistant identify a clarification target in the machine-readable version, determine a clarification type relating to the clarification target, present the clarification question in a conversational natural language manner, and process a human-generated conversational natural language response to the clarification question.

Abstract: A method and system for decoding an encrypted file. A recipient computer of a recipient: extracts an encoded address from a filename of the encrypted file, wherein the encoded address identifies where a voice check ticket is stored, wherein a prior name of the encrypted file and the encoded address are merged together within the filename; accesses the voice check ticket at the encoded address; receives, from the voice check ticket, voice check text; displays the received voice check text visually on a computer display of the recipient computer; receives an audio signal from a reading aloud, by the recipient, of the displayed voice check text; transmits the received audio signal to a server computer that includes a voice check server; receives an encryption key from the voice check server; and decrypts the received encrypted file using the received encryption key.

Abstract: A method and system for decoding an encrypted file. A recipient computer: receives, from a sender computer, the encrypted file having a filename that includes an encoded address; parses the received filename; extracts the encoded address from the parsed filename; accesses a voice check ticket at the extracted encoded address; receives voice check text from the voice check ticket; visually displays the received voice check text on a computer display of the recipient computer; prompts the recipient to read aloud the displayed voice check text; receives an audio signal from a reading aloud, by the prompted recipient, of the displayed voice check text; transmits the received audio signal to a server computer; and decrypts the received encrypted file using an encryption key.

Abstract: A method and system for decoding an encrypted file. A recipient computer: receives, from a sender computer, the encrypted file having a filename that includes an encoded address; parses the received filename; extracts the encoded address from the parsed filename; accesses a voice check ticket at the extracted encoded address; receives voice check text from the voice check ticket; visually displays the received voice check text on a computer display of the recipient computer; prompts the recipient to read aloud the displayed voice check text; receives an audio signal from a reading aloud, by the prompted recipient, of the displayed voice check text; transmits the received audio signal to a server computer; receives, from the server computer, an encryption key after the server computer has verified, from analysis of the audio signal, the recipient's voice; and decrypts the received encrypted file using the received encryption key.

Abstract: The adjustable LCD screen assembly for a writing machine includes base and an LCD screen assembly coupled to each other by a hinge assembly. An embodiment of the hinge assembly includes a pivot post and a pair locking set screws, Bellville spring washers, a screw, an anti-rotation washer, a first bracket and a second bracket. The hinge assembly mounts to the base along the first bracket and to the LCD screen assembly along the second bracket. The hinge assembly utilizes a compression mechanism including a spring mechanism to generate frictional force between the elements of the hinge assembly to hold the LCD screen assembly in place with respect to the base under “static conditions,” yet allows for infinite adjustability of the LCD screen assembly, within a given range of motion, under “pivoting conditions.

Abstract: A method and system of providing network based transcription of free-form speech signals. A speech signal is recorded as a digital audio file in a storage medium and is then streamed over a data network to a client terminal for transcription. As the speech signal arrives, it is buffered in memory at the client terminal while a streaming player application plays the signal to a transcriptionist. The transcriptionist then conveniently listens to and transcribes the speech signal as it is being played. The invention advantageously avoids the need to physically transfer and download the full digital audio to a transcriptionist computer or to transport physical storage media, such as tapes or CD-ROM from the place of recording to the place where the recorded voice signals will be transcribed.

Abstract: A stenotype recording system in which keystrokes and audio are simultaneously recorded and stored. Pointers created when operating the stenotype machine link the keystroke input with the audio recording for instantaneous playback during editing. Audio and keystroke input are stored in a mass storage medium for transfer to a computer for transcription. During editing any portions of the record can be instantaneously played back for correction.

Abstract: A speech is processed by instantaneously converting sounds of the speech into a sequence of stenographs which are read in the form of first electric signals representative of the stenographs. The first electric signals are further converted into second electric signals representative of words corresponding to the sounds. The second electric signals are successively displayed on a display unit to provide visual displays indicative of the words. The visual displays may be either copied on a sheet by the use of a copying machine or printed on a recording sheet by the use of a printer.

Abstract: A steno translator system for translating stenographic keystrokes to language format according to a predefined keystroking methodology includes a steno writer to generate a sequence of stroke symbols each having associated therewith language parts consisting of suffixes, prefixes, word parts, punctuation and language symbols. A processor is coupled for receiving the stroke symbols and includes memory for storing a list of stroke entries, each represented by at least one stroke symbol, and an associated language part defining the translation for that stroke entry. The stroke entries are arranged in the memory in accordance with the predefined stroke entry order. The processor also includes a translator for segmenting the sequence of stroke symbols into a plurality of consecutive subsequences where each of the subsequences includes at least one stroke symbol and has a corresponding matching stroke entry in the memory.

Abstract: An improved referencing device for identifying for future reference a portion of a data record as it is being recorded for use in combination with a shorthand machine generating electrical output signals corresponding to the keys depressed, a recording medium, and recorder associated with said shorthand machine for making a data record of the signals generated thereby on said recording medium. The referencing device comprises means for generating a reference signal separate and independent from the output signal generated by said shorthand machine and for inputting said reference signal to said data recorder for making a record of the referencing signal on the recording medium. A portion of the data record may then be identified for future reference by the reference signal record.

Abstract: A digital data recorder is adapted for receiving a plurality of parallel input data members for defining a single input signal. Any of the input data members may change in identity during the presentation of the single input signal, and the recorder gives priority identity to any input data member which is of the priority identity for any time during the presentation. The recorder produces a serial, digital data output signal comprising a finite sequence of binary data bits in one-to-one correspondence with the parallel input data members, with the binary state of the bit corresponding to the identity of the input member. The serial, digital output signal is suitable for recording on the single channel of a magnetic tape for fully defining the input signal. The recorder is described in detail as adapted for recording the words taken by a shorthand machine.

Abstract: A transcriber system for the automatic translation of stenographic notes from phonetic outlines produced on a shorthand machine to text displayed or printed out. The basic components of this system are the recording station comprising a shorthand machine, and a tape recorder; and the transcriber station comprising a computer, a disk file, a keyboard-display for editing the original translation into its final form, and an automatic typewriter. The editing process is facilitated by a word cursor which identifies the particular word on display which may be manipulated by the System Editor. However, this cursor also is correlated to the original shorthand machine outlines. Thus, the translation of a term peculiar to the job being processed, or to an individual shorthand machine operator, may be remembered so that subsequent correct translations of these particular outlines will proceed automatically.

Abstract: A steno transtator system for translating stenographic keystrokes to language format according to a predefined keystroking methodology includes a steno writer to generate a sequence of stroke symbols each having associated therewith language parts consisting of suffixes, prefixes, word parts, punctuation and language symbols. A processor is coupled for receiving the stroke symbols and includes memory for storing a list of stroke entries, each represented by at least one stroke symbol, and an associated language part defining the translation for that stroke entry. The stroke entries are arranged in the memory in accordance with the predefined stroke entry order. The processor also includes a translator for segmenting the sequence of stroke symbols into a plurality of consecutive subsequences where each of the subsequences includes at least one stroke symbol and has a corresponding matching stroke entry in the memory.