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Communications system providing automatic text-to-speech conversion features and related methods

  • US 7,937,125 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2009
  • Issued: 05/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mobile wireless cellular communications device comprising:

  • a portable housing;

    a headset;

    a headset output carried by said portable housing and configured to establish a connection with said headset;

    a wireless cellular transceiver carried by said portable housing; and

    a controller carried by said portable housing and coupled to said wireless cellular transceiver and said headset output, said controller configured toreceive text messages from a wireless communications network,switch between a normal message mode and a hands-free audio message mode based upon determining establishment of the connection between said headset output and said headset, andwhen in the hands-free audio message mode, output at least one audio message comprising speech generated from at least one of the received text messages via said headset output to said headset.

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