VOICE CONVERSION IN RING TONES AND OTHER FEATURES FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE
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1. A communication device comprising:
- a transceiver for establishing and receiving communications on a wireless network;
a control processor for controlling the operation of the communication device;
an audio processor adapted to generate at least one source voice based audio signal in response to commands from the control processor;
a voice conversion unit adapted to process said source voice signal and convert said source voice signal to a target voice signal;
a memory adapted to store a selection of target voice based audio files;
a user interface adapted to allow a user to select at least one of said target voice audio files for use by the voice conversion unit as a target voice signal; and
a speaker for broadcasting the target voice signal.
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Abstract
A voice conversion processing framework is operatively associated with the central processing unit (CPU) and audio processor of a communication device to convert default voice presentations generated by, for example text readers, ring tone applications and the like, to target voice presentations based on selected target voice files stored in memory.
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19 Claims
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a transceiver for establishing and receiving communications on a wireless network; a control processor for controlling the operation of the communication device; an audio processor adapted to generate at least one source voice based audio signal in response to commands from the control processor; a voice conversion unit adapted to process said source voice signal and convert said source voice signal to a target voice signal; a memory adapted to store a selection of target voice based audio files; a user interface adapted to allow a user to select at least one of said target voice audio files for use by the voice conversion unit as a target voice signal; and a speaker for broadcasting the target voice signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of converting speech in a communication device comprising:
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establishing at least one source of voice based audio signals in the communication device for broadcast on a speaker of said communication device; providing a voice conversion framework in operative association with a control processor in the communication device, said voice conversion framework adapted to convert a source voice signal to a target voice signal; storing in a memory of the communication device a selection of voice based audio files; selecting at least one of the voice based audio signals from said at least one source for use as a source voice signal for conversion by the voice conversion framework; selecting at least one of the voice based audio files from memory for use as a target voice signal in the voice conversion framework; converting the source voice signal to the target voice signal in the voice conversion framework; and broadcasting the target voice signal over a speaker of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising:
a processor useable medium having processor readable code embodied therein for causing; a control processor of a communication device to establish at least one source of voice based audio signals in the communication device for broadcast on a speaker of said communication device; a memory medium to storing in a memory of the communication device a selection of voice based audio files; the control processor, in response to user entry, to select at least one of the voice based audio signals from said at least one source for use as a source voice signal; the control processor to select at least one of the voice based audio files from memory for use as a target voice signal in the voice conversion framework; a voice conversion processor to convert the source voice signal to the target voice signal; and an audio processor to broadcast the target voice signal over a speaker of the communication device.
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19. A mobile communication device comprising:
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a transceiver for establishing and receiving communications on a wireless network; a control processor for controlling the operation of the mobile communication device; an audio processor adapted to generate at least one source voice based audio signal in response to commands from the control processor; a voice conversion unit adapted to process said source voice signal and convert said source voice signal to a target voice signal; a memory adapted to store a selection of target voice based audio files; a user interface adapted to allow a user to select at least one of said target voice audio files for use by the voice conversion unit as a target voice signal; and a speaker for broadcasting the target voice signal.
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