Method for expressing emotion in a text message
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1. A method for expressing emotion comprising:
- accessing an input audio message for translation into a text format; and
processing said input audio message to determine a portion of said input audio message having heightened emotional value, and wherein said processing is operable to create a textual equivalent of said input audio message as an animated text message, wherein said determined portion of said input audio message is visually emphasized in said animated text message.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, while composing a textual message, a portion of the textual message is dynamically indicated as having heightened emotional value. In one embodiment, this is indicated by depressing a key on a keyboard for a period longer than a typical debounce interval. While the key remains depressed, a plurality of text parameters for the character associated with the depressed key are accessed and one of the text parameters is chosen. Animation processing is then performed upon the textual message and the indicated portion of the textual message is visually emphasized in the animated text message.
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1. A method for expressing emotion comprising:
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accessing an input audio message for translation into a text format; and processing said input audio message to determine a portion of said input audio message having heightened emotional value, and wherein said processing is operable to create a textual equivalent of said input audio message as an animated text message, wherein said determined portion of said input audio message is visually emphasized in said animated text message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for adding visual emphasis comprising:
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accessing an input audio message for translation in to a text format; creating a textual equivalent of said input audio message; determining a first portion of said input audio message having greater emotional value than a second portion of said input audio message; assigning a first processing parameter to a first portion of said textual equivalent corresponding to said first portion of said input audio message; and processing of said textual equivalent wherein said first portion of said textual equivalent is visually emphasized in an animated text message in response to said first processing parameter. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-useable medium having computer-readable program code stored thereon for causing a computer system to execute a method for expressing emotion comprising:
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accessing an input audio message for translation in to a text format; and processing said input audio message to determine a portion of said input audio message having heightened emotional value, and wherein said processing is operable to create a textual equivalent of said input audio message as an animated text message, wherein said determined portion of said input audio message is visually emphasized in said animated text message. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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