Programmable virtual exercise instructor for providing computerized spoken guidance of customized exercise routines to exercise users
First Claim
1. A system for communicating instructions of an activity to a person, the system comprising:
- a speaker; and
a processor operative to receive a text stream corresponding to an activity having actions to be performed by a person performing the activity, the text stream including text chunks respectively corresponding to instructions of the actions of the activity, the text chunks include words indicative of timing information associated with the text chunks;
wherein the processor converts the text chunks to speech and extracts the timing information from the text chunks;
wherein the processor audibly speaks via the speaker the text chunks one at a time at a rate consistent with the timing information such that the instructions of the activity actions are audibly spoken via the speaker to the person to thereby direct the person through the activity.
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Abstract
A programmable virtual exercise instructor processes a word processing document having text chunks corresponding to instructions of actions of an activity in order to communicate the instructions to a person performing the activity. The activity may be an exercise routine with the actions being exercises. The text chunks include words indicative of timing information associated with the text chunks. The exercise instructor converts the text chunks to speech and extracts the timing information from the text chunks. The exercise instructor audibly speaks each text chunk one at a time at a rate consistent with the timing information associated with the text chunk such that the instructions of the activity actions are audibly spoken to the person to thereby direct the person through the activity. The exercise instructor may visually display the text chunks such that the instructions of the activity actions are visually displayed to the person as well.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for communicating instructions of an activity to a person, the system comprising:
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a speaker; and a processor operative to receive a text stream corresponding to an activity having actions to be performed by a person performing the activity, the text stream including text chunks respectively corresponding to instructions of the actions of the activity, the text chunks include words indicative of timing information associated with the text chunks; wherein the processor converts the text chunks to speech and extracts the timing information from the text chunks; wherein the processor audibly speaks via the speaker the text chunks one at a time at a rate consistent with the timing information such that the instructions of the activity actions are audibly spoken via the speaker to the person to thereby direct the person through the activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communicating instructions of an activity to a person, the method comprising:
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receiving a text stream corresponding to an activity having actions to be performed by a person performing the activity, the text stream including text chunks respectively corresponding to instructions of the actions of the activity, the text chunks including words indicative of timing information associated with the text chunks; converting the text chunks to speech; extracting the timing information from the text chunks; and audibly speaking the text chunks one at a time at a rate consistent with the timing information such that the instructions of the activity actions are audibly spoken to the person to thereby direct the person through the activity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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