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Wireless server based text to speech email

  • US 8,744,857 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2012
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An email system, comprising:

  • a server communicably connectable to a mobile device over a wireless link, the server being operative;

    to receive an email directed to the mobile device, the email having a message body and header information, the message body including text suitable for audio conversion;

    to forward the email to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device executes a listening application for identifying the email, retrieves the message body and the header information from the email, retrieves a device specific identifier indicative of the mobile device, and sends the message body, the header information, and the device specific identifier to the server;

    to perform a text-to-speech conversion on the text in the email to generate audio data corresponding to the message body;

    to load the audio data into an audio file, the audio file having an audio file format recognizable by the mobile device; and

    to store the audio file in a storage medium for subsequent retrieval by the mobile device.

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