Method and apparatus for the generation of reports
First Claim
1. Apparatus for generation of verbal reports comprising:
- (a) input means for inputting voice signals;
(b) recognition means for recognizing predetermined ones of said input voice signals as trigger phrases;
(c) synthesis means for synthesizing speech signals from text messages and for outputting said synthesized speech signals;
(d) text memory means for storing predetermined text messages;
(e) storage and retrieval means for storing said synthesized speech signals for later retrieval of identified speech signals, by authorized users, from remote locations; and
(f) control means, connected to said recognition means, said synthesis means, and said text memory means, for;
(f1) responding to said trigger phrases to select particular ones of said text messages from said text memory means;
(f2) establishing a signal path between said synthesis means and said storage and retrieval means; and
(f3) inputting said selected text messages to said synthesis means and controlling said synthesis means to output synthesized speech signals corresponding to said input text messages for storage by said storage and retrieval means.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating, and storing for later retrieval, selected voice messages in response to selected verbal input trigger phrases. The voice signals including predetermined trigger phrases are transmitted from an input device such as a multiline telephone to a voice recognition system. The voice recognition system associates the trigger phrases with predetermined blocks of text message and in response to a sequence of trigger phrases, creates a report. The text is then output to a voice synthesizer system for the creation of synthetic voice signals corresponding to the full text of the report and the synthetic voice signals are output to a voice storage and forward system for later retrieval. The system also provides a printed copy of the full text of the report. In one embodiment of the system, an exception dictionary is provided which substitutes replacement words having a modified spelling for exception words whose pronunciation, as synthesized by the voice synthesizer, is not considered acceptable.
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16 Claims
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1. Apparatus for generation of verbal reports comprising:
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(a) input means for inputting voice signals; (b) recognition means for recognizing predetermined ones of said input voice signals as trigger phrases; (c) synthesis means for synthesizing speech signals from text messages and for outputting said synthesized speech signals; (d) text memory means for storing predetermined text messages; (e) storage and retrieval means for storing said synthesized speech signals for later retrieval of identified speech signals, by authorized users, from remote locations; and (f) control means, connected to said recognition means, said synthesis means, and said text memory means, for; (f1) responding to said trigger phrases to select particular ones of said text messages from said text memory means; (f2) establishing a signal path between said synthesis means and said storage and retrieval means; and (f3) inputting said selected text messages to said synthesis means and controlling said synthesis means to output synthesized speech signals corresponding to said input text messages for storage by said storage and retrieval means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of generating verbal reports comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving spoken trigger phrases; (b) recognizing said trigger phrases and associating said recognized trigger phrases with selected ones of predetermined text messages; (c) synthesizing speech signals corresponding to said selected text messages and (d) storing said synthesized speech signals for later retrieval of identified speech signals, by authorized users, from remote locations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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