System and method for synthetically generated speech describing media content
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a gesture from a user during a presentation of media content, wherein the gesture comprises a metadata request associated with the media content;
selecting a piece of metadata for output, to yield selected metadata, the selected metadata being responsive to the metadata request regarding the primary media content; and
outputting the selected metadata as synthetically generated speech, the synthetically generated speech having an accent selected from a plurality of accents based on the selected metadata.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for providing an automatic synthetically generated voice describing media content, the method comprising receiving one or more pieces of metadata for a primary media content, selecting at least one piece of metadata for output, and outputting the at least one piece of metadata as synthetically generated speech with the primary media content. Other aspects of the invention involve alternative output, output speech simultaneously with the primary media content, output speech during gaps in the primary media content, translate metadata in foreign language, tailor voice, accent, and language to match the metadata and/or primary media content. A user may control output via a user interface or output may be customized based on preferences in a user profile.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a gesture from a user during a presentation of media content, wherein the gesture comprises a metadata request associated with the media content; selecting a piece of metadata for output, to yield selected metadata, the selected metadata being responsive to the metadata request regarding the primary media content; and outputting the selected metadata as synthetically generated speech, the synthetically generated speech having an accent selected from a plurality of accents based on the selected metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving a gesture from a user during a presentation of media content, wherein the gesture comprises a metadata request associated with the media content; selecting a piece of metadata for output, to yield selected metadata, the selected metadata being responsive to the metadata request regarding the primary media content; and outputting the selected metadata as synthetically generated speech, the synthetically generated speech having an accent selected from a plurality of accents based on the selected metadata. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a gesture from a user during a presentation of media content, wherein the gesture comprises a metadata request associated with the media content; selecting a piece of metadata for output, to yield selected metadata, the selected metadata being responsive to the metadata request regarding the primary media content; and outputting the selected metadata as synthetically generated speech, the synthetically generated speech having an accent selected from a plurality of accents based on the selected metadata. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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