System and method to use text-to-speech to prompt whether text-to-speech output should be added during installation of a program on a computer system normally controlled through a user interactive display

• US 8,825,491 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerence Operating Company (Cerence Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Brunet, Peter Thomas, Lu, Anh Quy, Nosewicz, Mark Edward, Weiss, Lawrence Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US14/041,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20140109081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• Field of Search: 704258-269
• US Class Current: 704/271
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

An auditory user interactive interface to an application program being installed in the computer controlled system. A routine in an object, in an application program being installed in the computer controlled system for providing an auditory user interface to the program in combination with auditory means for offering the user of the computer controlled system the auditory user interface during installation of said application program, and responsive to the selection of the auditory interface provides the auditory user interface during said installation of the application program.

Claims

1. A method for use in connection with installing an application program on a computing device, the computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

using the at least one processor to perform;

prompting, using at least one auditory prompt, a user of the computing device to provide input specifying whether the user would like to have auditory assistance during installation of the application program; and

conducting the installation of the application program in accordance with input received in response to the at least one auditory prompt.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the computing device has an already-installed text-to-speech engine compatible for use with the installation of the application program; and

if the computing device does not have an already-installed text-to-speech engine that is compatible, installing on the computing device a newly-installed text-to-speech engine that is compatible for use with the installation of the application program.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the at least one input comprises an indication that the user would like to not use auditory prompts for the installation of the application program; and

if the computing device does not have the already-installed text-to-speech engine, conducting the installation in accordance with the at least one input comprises removing the newly-installed text-to-speech engine from the computing device responsive to the indication that the user would not like to use auditory prompts for the installation of the application program.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein:

if the computing device does not have the already-installed text-to-speech engine, the method further comprises removing the newly-installed text-to-speech engine from the computing device following the installation of the application program.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one input comprises an indication that the user would like to use auditory prompts for the installation; and

conducting the installation in accordance with the at least one input comprises continuing the installation through one or more subsequent auditory prompts.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an already-installed text-to-speech engine installed on the computing device is compatible for use with the installation of the application program; and

if it is determined that the already-installed text-to-speech engine is not compatible, modifying the already-installed text-to-speech engine to be compatible for use with the installation of the application program.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a desktop computer.

8. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

prompting, using at least one auditory prompt, a user of the computing device to provide input specifying whether the user would like to have auditory assistance during installation of the application program; and

conducting the installation of the application program in accordance with input received in response to the at least one auditory prompt.

9. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer instructions cause the computing device to perform:

determining whether the computing device has an already-installed text-to-speech engine compatible for use with the installation of the application program; and

if the computing device does not have an already-installed text-to-speech engine that is compatible, installing on the computing device a newly-installed text-to-speech engine that is compatible for use with the installation of the application program.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein:

the at least one input comprises an indication that the user would like to not use auditory prompts for the installation of the application program; and

if the computing device does not have the already-installed text-to-speech engine, conducting the installation in accordance with the at least one input comprises removing the newly-installed text-to-speech engine from the computing device responsive to the indication that the user would not like to use auditory prompts for the installation of the application program.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein:

if the computing device does not have the already-installed text-to-speech engine, the method further comprises removing the newly-installed text-to-speech engine from the computing device following the installation of the application program.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the at least one input comprises an indication that the user would like to use auditory prompts for the installation; and

conducting the installation in accordance with the at least one input comprises continuing the installation through one or more subsequent auditory prompts.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer instructions cause the at least one computing device to perform:

determining whether an already-installed text-to-speech engine installed on the computing device is compatible for use with the installation of the application program; and

if it is determined that the already-installed text-to-speech engine is not compatible, modifying the already-installed text-to-speech engine to be compatible for use with the installation of the application program.

14. A computing device comprising at least one processor programmed to perform a method comprising:

prompting, using at least one auditory prompt, a user of the computing device to provide input specifying whether the user would like to have auditory assistance during installation of the application program; and

conducting the installation of the application program in accordance with input received in response to the at least one auditory prompt.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to perform:

determining whether the computing device has an already-installed text-to-speech engine compatible for use with the installation of the application program; and

if the computing device does not have an already-installed text-to-speech engine that is compatible, installing on the computing device a newly-installed text-to-speech engine that is compatible for use with the installation of the application program.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein:

the at least one input comprises an indication that the user would like to not use auditory prompts for the installation of the application program; and

if the computing device does not have the already-installed text-to-speech engine, conducting the installation in accordance with the at least one input comprises removing the newly-installed text-to-speech engine from the computing device responsive to the indication that the user would not like to use auditory prompts for the installation of the application program.

17. The computing device of claim 15, wherein:

if the computing device does not have the already-installed text-to-speech engine, the at least one processor is programmed to perform removing the newly-installed text-to-speech engine from the computing device following the installation of the application program.

18. The computing device of claim 14, wherein:

the at least one input comprises an indication that the user would like to use auditory prompts for the installation; and

conducting the installation in accordance with the at least one input comprises continuing the installation through one or more subsequent auditory prompts.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to perform:

determining whether an already-installed text-to-speech engine installed on the computing device is compatible for use with the installation of the application program; and

if it is determined that the already-installed text-to-speech engine is not compatible, modifying the already-installed text-to-speech engine to be compatible for use with the installation of the application program.

20. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the computing device comprises a desktop computer.