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Method and voice communicator to provide a voice communication

  • US 8,077,838 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2005
  • Issued: 12/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a voice communication, the method comprising:

  • at a voice communicator, identifying text to be communicated by selecting relevant text for communication in an audible form;

    automatically processing the text to generate an audio equivalent of the relevant text, wherein the processing is by a multi-context application having voice and text functionalities;

    enabling a user selection of an intended recipient of the audio equivalent of the relevant text by requesting a telephone number of the intended recipient from the user using the voice communicator, the requesting comprising;

    monitoring a selection by the user of a contact list available on the voice communicator, the contact list including recipient names and their associated telephone numbers,monitoring a selection of at least one recipient name from the recipient names, andidentifying the telephone number of the at least one recipient name from the selection;

    establishing a telephone connection with a recipient device using the telephone number of the at least one recipient name; and

    communicating the audio equivalent as a telephone communication to the recipient device of the intended recipient, the recipient device being a voice mailbox.

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