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User interface for text to speech conversion

  • US 7,174,295 B1
  • Filed: 09/06/2000
  • Issued: 02/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • a user interface includinga display for displaying text andspeech synthesizer means including a loudspeaker, which converts an input, dependent upon a text, to an audio output representative of a person reading the text; and

    control means, for controlling the display and for providing an input to the speech synthesizer means, which controls the display of a text, to provide an input corresponding to the displayed text to the speech synthesizer, and to highlight a portion or portions of the displayed text, wherein initiation of the highlighting of a text portion is delayed by the control means until after the beginning of the audio output corresponding to the text portion.

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