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Voice rendering of E-mail with tags for improved user experience

  • US 8,705,705 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2012
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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