Voice rendering of E-mail with tags for improved user experience
First Claim
1. A method of allowing a recipient of an email message from a source to respond to said email message via voice, the method comprising:
- rendering said email message to said recipient as speech;
as said email message is being rendered as speech, receiving a signal from said recipient indicating the recipient intends to respond to a particular part of said email message by inserting a voice memo at a particular location in said email message indicated by said recipient;
receiving said voice memo from said recipient, wherein said voice memo comprises voice-memo content;
storing said voice memo;
inserting a tag into said email message at said particular location indicated by said recipient, wherein said tag indicates that said voice memo is inserted in said email message at said particular location; and
providing said voice-memo content to said source at said particular location indicated by said recipient.
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Abstract
Tags, such as XML tags, are inserted into email to separate email content from signature blocks, privacy notices and confidentiality notices, and to separate original email messages from replies and replies from further replies. The tags are detected by a system that renders email as speech, such as voice command platform or network-based virtual assistant or message center. The system can render an original email message in one voice mode and the reply in a different voice mode. The tags can be inserted to identify a voice memo in which a user responds to a particular portion of an email message.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of allowing a recipient of an email message from a source to respond to said email message via voice, the method comprising:
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rendering said email message to said recipient as speech; as said email message is being rendered as speech, receiving a signal from said recipient indicating the recipient intends to respond to a particular part of said email message by inserting a voice memo at a particular location in said email message indicated by said recipient; receiving said voice memo from said recipient, wherein said voice memo comprises voice-memo content; storing said voice memo; inserting a tag into said email message at said particular location indicated by said recipient, wherein said tag indicates that said voice memo is inserted in said email message at said particular location; and providing said voice-memo content to said source at said particular location indicated by said recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of allowing a recipient of an email message from a source to respond to said email message via voice, the method comprising:
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rendering said email message to said recipient as speech; as said email message is being rendered as speech, receiving a signal from said recipient indicating the recipient intends to respond to a particular part of said email message by inserting a voice memo at a particular location in said email message indicated by said recipient; receiving said voice memo from said recipient, wherein said voice memo comprises voice-memo content; storing said voice memo; and inserting a tag into said email message at said particular location in said email message indicated by said recipient, wherein said tag indicates that said voice memo is inserted in said email message at said particular location. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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