ADJUSTMENT OF TEMPORAL ACOUSTICAL CHARACTERISTICS
First Claim
1. A method for adjustment of temporal acoustical characteristics of words in an item structure, the method comprising:
- receiving the item structure comprising at least a first item, the first item representing a first set of one or more words;
extracting one or more keywords from the first set to generate a first keyword item, the one or more keywords being selected to distinguish the keyword item from other items;
abbreviating the keyword item by generating a first alternative representation for the first keyword item to create a first abbreviated item; and
storing the first abbreviated item.
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Abstract
Embodiments may be a standalone module or part of mobile devices, desktop computers, servers, stereo systems, or any other systems that might benefit from condensed audio presentations of item structures such as lists or tables. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to adjust the temporal characteristics of items comprising words. The items maybe included in a structure such as a text listing or table, an audio listing or table, or a combination thereof, or may be individual words or phrases. For instance, embodiments may comprise a keyword extractor to extract keywords from the items and an abbreviations generator to generate abbreviations based upon the keywords. Further embodiments may comprise a text-to-speech generator to generate audible items based upon the abbreviations to render to a user while traversing the item structure.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for adjustment of temporal acoustical characteristics of words in an item structure, the method comprising:
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receiving the item structure comprising at least a first item, the first item representing a first set of one or more words; extracting one or more keywords from the first set to generate a first keyword item, the one or more keywords being selected to distinguish the keyword item from other items; abbreviating the keyword item by generating a first alternative representation for the first keyword item to create a first abbreviated item; and storing the first abbreviated item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for adjustment of temporal acoustical characteristics of words in an item structure, the apparatus comprising:
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a keyword extractor to receive the item structure comprising at least a first item, the first item to represent a first set of one or more words, the keyword extractor to extract one or more keywords from the first set to generate a first keyword item, the keyword extractor to select the one or more keywords to distinguish the keyword item from other items; and an abbreviations generator to abbreviate the keyword item by generating a first alternative representation for the first keyword item to create a first abbreviated item, the abbreviations generator to store the first abbreviated item. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for adjustment of temporal acoustical characteristics of words in an item structure, the system comprising:
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an audible item structure generator to receive the item structure comprising at least a first item, the first item to represent a first set of one or more words, the audible item structure generator comprising; a keyword extractor the keyword extractor to extract one or more keywords from the first set to generate a first keyword item, the keyword extractor to select the one or more keywords to distinguish the keyword item from other items; and an abbreviations generator to receive an indication of different speeds for navigation to abbreviate the first keyword item to generate a condensed item structure for one or more of the different speeds by generating, for each speed, a first alternative representation for the first keyword item to create a first abbreviated item based upon the speed; and an audible user interface controller coupled with the audible item structure generator to provide the indication of the different speeds with which the audible user interface controller may sound the first abbreviated item via a text-to-speech generator. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for adjustment of temporal acoustical characteristics of words in an item structure, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having a computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;
computer usable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising;receiving the item structure, the item structure comprising items, wherein each item represents at least one word; generating a non-redundant item structure having keyword items based upon the item structure by extracting, from each item, at least one keyword to create keyword items; determining alternative representations for each keyword item to create a condensed item structure of abbreviated items, the alternative representations each comprising at least one stressed syllable to represent words within each of the keyword items; and storing the condensed item structure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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