Style sheets for speech-based presentation of web pages
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1. Apparatus for presenting textual information in audible form, comprising:
- a. a computer equipped with an voice synthesizer;
b. an application, running on computer, causing said voice synthesizer to present textual information to a user in audible form; and
c. a style sheet containing audio style elements for controlling said voice synthesizer.
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Abstract
The presentation of audio information, particularly audio information generated by a voice synthesizer from text using a text or screen reader, is controlled using a style sheet. The style sheet permits default presentation styles, such as voice-family, voice-pitch, voice-variant, voice speed and volume to be set, and then varied based on embedded text presentation commands such as those found in hypertext markup language and in desktop publishing.
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21 Claims
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1. Apparatus for presenting textual information in audible form, comprising:
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a. a computer equipped with an voice synthesizer; b. an application, running on computer, causing said voice synthesizer to present textual information to a user in audible form; and c. a style sheet containing audio style elements for controlling said voice synthesizer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling the presentation of information generated by a voice synthesizer, comprising the step of:
a. providing an element for performing a step of controlling said voice synthesizer using one or more style sheets containing audio style elements for the audible presentation of information.
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14. A method of controlling the presentation of information generated by a voice synthesizer, comprising the step of:
a. providing an element for performing the step of retrieving one or more style sheets containing audio style elements for the audible presentation of information through a network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system for presenting textual information in audible form, comprising:
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a. a network; b. at least one server connected to said network and containing a document containing text; c. at least one server connected to said network containing at least one stylesheet containing audio style elements for audible presentation of textual information; and d. a computer connected to said network for downloading a stylesheet from a server and controlling the presentation of textual information in audible form based on said style sheet.
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18. A computer program product, comprising:
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a. a memory medium; and b. a computer program stored on said memory medium, said computer program comprising instructions for controlling a voice synthesizer using one or more style sheets containing audio style elements for the audible presentation of information.
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19. A computer program product, comprising:
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a. a memory medium; and b. a computer program stored on said memory medium, said computer program comprising instructions for retrieving one or more style sheets containing audio style elements for the audible presentation of information through a network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer program product, comprising:
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a. a memory medium; and b. a computer program stored on said memory medium, said computer program comprising instructions for presenting audible information in accordance with one ore more style sheets containing audio style elements based on embedded text formatting commands.
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