On line oral text reader system

• US 20030023446A1
• Filed: 09/16/2002
• Published: 01/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dan Jonsson, Susanna Merenyi, Thomas Westin
• Original Assignee: Dan Jonsson, Susanna Merenyi, Thomas Westin
• Inventors: Jonsson, Dan, Merenyi, Susanna, Westin, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/239,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20030023446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

The method converts visual Internet information to sound by activating a computer (11) with a program stored on a storage media (13). The program (9) provides commands for connecting the computer (11) to an on-line oral web address (12). The program (9) sends a connect signal (25) to the on-line oral web address (12). The on-line oral web address (12) sends a file (23) to a speech synthesizer software (15) of the computer (11). The speech synthesizer software (15) converts the file (23) to sound information.

Claims

1. A method for converting visual Internet information to sound, comprising:

activating a computer (11) with a program stored on a storage media (13);

the program (9) providing commands for connecting the computer (11) to an on-line oral web address (12);

the program (9) sending a connect signal (25) to the on-line oral web address (12);

the on-line oral web address (12) receiving the connect signal (25);

the on-line oral web address (12) sending a file (23) to a speech synthesizer software (15) of the computer (11); and

the speech synthesizer software (15) converting the file (23) to sound.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method comprises loading a CD-rom (13) including the program (9) to the computer (11).

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises providing the on-line oral web address (12) with a web browser (22) that sends the file (23) to the speech synthesizer software (15).

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the method further comprises the web browser (22) decoding the file (23) prior to sending the file (23) to the speech synthesizer software (15).

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises downloading a navigational program (18) from the on-line oral web address (12).

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the method further comprises navigating the web browser (22) with the navigational program (18).

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises the web browser (22) sending a retrieval signal (30) to a web page address (16).

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises displaying information of the file (23) as text in black and white on a screen (26).

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises the speech synthesizer software (15) sending a sound signal to a loudspeaker (14) connected to the computer (11).

8. The method according to claim 8 wherein the method further comprises the web browser (22) receiving a response signal (32) from the web page address (16) and converting the response signal (32) to the file (23).