METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING TEXT TO AUDIO AND TACTILE OUTPUT
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to process punctuated text data, and to identify punctuation in said punctuated text data; and
an output unit configured to generate audio output corresponding to said punctuated text data, and to generate tactile output corresponding to said identified punctuation.
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In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a controller configured to process punctuated text data, and to identify punctuation in said punctuated text data; and an output unit configured to generate audio output corresponding to said punctuated text data, and to generate tactile output corresponding to said identified punctuation.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a controller configured to process punctuated text data, and to identify punctuation in said punctuated text data; and an output unit configured to generate audio output corresponding to said punctuated text data, and to generate tactile output corresponding to said identified punctuation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
- processing punctuated text data;
identifying punctuation in said punctuated text data;
converting said punctuated text data to audio output; and
converting said identified punctuation to tactile output. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
- processing punctuated text data;
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16. A method according to 15 wherein said inputting said text data comprises receiving said text data using a radio receiver.
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20. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
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code for processing punctuated text data; code for identifying a punctuation mark in said punctuated text data code for converting said punctuated text data to audio output; and code for converting said identified punctuation to tactile output.
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