Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing to a text-to-speech output device
- Patent Title (中): 打印到文本到语音输出设备
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Application No.: US11156958Application Date: 2005-06-20
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Publication No.: US08170877B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Ciprian Agapi , Oscar J. Blass , Charles T. Rutherfoord
- Applicant: Ciprian Agapi , Oscar J. Blass , Charles T. Rutherfoord
- Applicant Address: US MA Burlington
- Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Burlington
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: G10L13/08
- IPC: G10L13/08

Abstract:
A method for producing speech output can include the step of selecting a TTS output device from a plurality of available output devices. The selected output device can be associated with outputting content of an application responsive to a print command. According to the method, the print command can be detected, which results in the content of the application being conveyed to the selected TTS output device. The TTS output device can be associated with at least one text-to-speech engine. Upon content conveyance to the TTS output device, at least a portion of the content can be automatically converted using the text-to-speech engine. The speech converted content can be outputted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060287860A1 Printing to a text-to-speech output device Public/Granted day:2006-12-21
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