2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert is a visual alert, and issuing one or more the visual alerts further comprises at least one of: providing an on-screen flash on a display, displaying an alert window on the display, and presenting a text notification message on the display.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert is a visual alert, and issuing one or more the visual alerts further comprises at least one of: providing an on-screen flash on a display, displaying an alert window on the display, and presenting a text notification message on the display. 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the visual alert contains information relevant to the detected content of interest and is accompanied by a simultaneous display of a portion of the transcript related to the detected content of interest including what each speaker has recently said regarding the specified content of interest.