STREAMING SPEECH WITH SYNCHRONIZED HIGHLIGHTING GENERATED BY A SERVER
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1. A speech synthesis system provided in a client/server architecture, the system being configured to provide an audio playback to a user of a provided data file, the system comprising:
- a server configured to receive a data file, render the data file into a rendered audio file and to provide said rendered audio file to a client, wherein said sound file provides a spoken representation of the data file; and
a client in communication with said server, said client being configured for sending a data file to said server, to receive said rendered sound files from said server and playback said sound file to a user.
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Abstract
A speech synthesis system and method including an application consisting of two networked parts, a client and a server, which uses the capabilities of the server to speech enable a client that does not have speech capabilities. The system has been designed to enable a client computer with audio capabilities to connect and request text to speech operations via a network or internet connection.
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1. A speech synthesis system provided in a client/server architecture, the system being configured to provide an audio playback to a user of a provided data file, the system comprising:
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a server configured to receive a data file, render the data file into a rendered audio file and to provide said rendered audio file to a client, wherein said sound file provides a spoken representation of the data file; and a client in communication with said server, said client being configured for sending a data file to said server, to receive said rendered sound files from said server and playback said sound file to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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