INTELLIGENT TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION
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Abstract
Techniques for improved text-to-speech processing are disclosed. The improved text-to-speech processing can convert text from an electronic document into an audio output that includes speech associated with the text as well as audio contextual cues. One aspect provides audio contextual cues to the listener when outputting speech (spoken text) pertaining to a document. The audio contextual cues can be based on an analysis of a document prior to a text-to-speech conversion. Another aspect can produce an audio summary for a file. The audio summary for a document can thereafter be presented to a user so that the user can hear a summary of the document without having to process the document to produce its spoken text via text-to-speech conversion.
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58 Claims
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34. A method for converting text to speech, the method comprising:
at an electronic device with a processor and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the processor; parsing a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, the subset of text having a markup tag; creating an announcement comprising a spoken description of a context related to the markup tag; and generating audio that includes the spoken form of the subset of text and the announcement, wherein the announcement is spoken prior to the spoken form of the subset of text. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to:
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parse a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, the subset of text having a markup tag; create an announcement comprising a spoken description of a context related to the markup tag; and generate audio that includes the spoken form of the subset of text and the announcement, wherein the announcement is spoken prior to the spoken form of the subset of text. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more processors; memory; one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for; parsing a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, the subset of text having a markup tag; creating an announcement comprising a spoken description of a context related to the markup tag; and generating audio that includes the spoken form of the subset of text and the announcement, wherein the announcement is spoken prior to the spoken form of the subset of text. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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