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Personalized text-to-speech services

  • US 7,277,855 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2001
  • Issued: 10/02/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for converting text to speech comprising:

  • providing fixed text data comprising a fixed textual message;

    retrieving a speech template from a plurality of speech templates based on an attribute that identifies the speech template, the speech template comprising information representing characteristics of an individual'"'"'s voice;

    converting the fixed text data to fixed speech data, the fixed speech data comprising a spoken form of the fixed text data having the characteristics of the individual'"'"'s voice;

    storing the fixed speech data; and

    retrieving the stored fixed speech data in presenting speech to a user.

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