METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED PODCASTS WITH MULTIPLE TEXT-TO-SPEECH VOICES
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a text file including text content;
converting the text content into audio content such that the audio content allows a user to listen to an audio version of the text content, the conversion using text-to-speech technology in which one or more of a plurality of text-to-speech voices can be used to convert the text content to audio content; and
creating a podcast file from the audio content,wherein the converting includes identifying one or more words within the text content and wherein the text-to-speech voices are selected automatically based at least in part on the identified words in the text content.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for creating customized podcasts with multiple voices, where text content is converted into audio content, and where the voices are selected at least in part on words in the text content suggestive of the type of voice. Types of voice include at least male and female, accent, language, and speed.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a text file including text content; converting the text content into audio content such that the audio content allows a user to listen to an audio version of the text content, the conversion using text-to-speech technology in which one or more of a plurality of text-to-speech voices can be used to convert the text content to audio content; and creating a podcast file from the audio content, wherein the converting includes identifying one or more words within the text content and wherein the text-to-speech voices are selected automatically based at least in part on the identified words in the text content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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an interface for receiving a text file including text content; a processor for converting the text content into audio content such that the audio content allows a user to listen to an audio version of the text content, the conversion using text-to-speech technology in which one or more of a plurality of text-to-speech voices can be used to convert the text content to audio content, and for creating a podcast file from the audio content, wherein the processor for converting identifies one or more words within the text content and wherein the text-to-speech voices are selected automatically based at least in part on the identified words in the text content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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