Applying Service Levels to Transcripts

Abstract

Speech is transcribed to produce a draft transcript of the speech. Portions of the transcript having a high priority are identified. For example, particular sections of the transcript may be identified as high-priority sections. As another example, portions of the transcript requiring human verification may be identified as high-priority sections. High-priority portions of the transcript are verified at a first time, without verifying other portions of the transcript. Such other portions may or may not be verified at a later time. Limiting verification, either initially or entirely, to high-priority portions of the transcript limits the time required to perform such verification, thereby making it feasible to verify the most important portions of the transcript at an early stage without introducing an undue delay into the transcription process. Verifying the other portions of the transcript later ensures that early verification of the high-priority portions does not sacrifice overall verification accuracy.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 (A) identifying a first semantic meaning of a first portion of a first transcript of speech;   (B) assigning a first service level to the first portion of the transcript based on the first semantic meaning;   (C) identifying a second semantic meaning of a second portion of the first transcript;   (D) assigning a second service level to the second portion of the transcript based on the second semantic meaning; and   (E) at a processor, verifying the transcript in accordance with the first and second service levels.