AUDIO RENDERING ORDER FOR TEXT SOURCES

• US 20150142444A1
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Boss, Gregory Jensen, Jones, Andrew R., McConnell, Kevin C., Moore, John Elbert Jr., Lignafelt, Charles Steven
• Application Number:
  US14/080,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20150142444A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems

Abstract

A method includes loading text content into at least one user device; applying at least one reading order to at least one text section of the text content to change a presentation order; converting the at least one text section to an audio output based upon the presentation order; and playing the audio output using the presentation order on the at least one user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

loading text content into at least one user device;

applying at least one reading order to at least one text section of the text content to change a presentation order;

converting the at least one text section to an audio output based upon the presentation order; and

playing the audio output using the presentation order on the at least one user device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one reading order is predefined using a user'"'"'s criteria selection.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one reading order is defined by the at least one text section.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising linking at least one user'"'"'s audio customization file to the at least one reading order.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the conversion of the at least one text to the audio output uses the user'"'"'s audio customization file.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s criteria selection is based on the size of the at least one text section.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s criteria selection is based on the location of the at least one text section.

8. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

a loading module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to load text content into at least one user device;

a read order module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to apply at least one reading order to at least one text section of the text content to change a presentation order;

a conversion module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to convert the at least one text section to an audio output based upon the presentation order; and

an audio output module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to play the audio output using the presentation order on the at least one user device.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the at least one reading order is predefined using a user'"'"'s criteria selection.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the at least one reading order is defined by the at least one text section.

11. The system according to claim 8, further comprising a linking module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to link at least one user'"'"'s audio customization file to the at least one reading order.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the conversion of the at least one text to the audio output uses the user'"'"'s audio customization file.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein the user'"'"'s criteria selection is based on the size of the at least one text section.

14. The system according to claim 9, wherein the user'"'"'s criteria selection is based on the location of the at least one text section.

15. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable, tangible storage medium;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to load text content into at least one user device;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to apply at least one reading order to at least one text section of the text content to change a presentation order;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to convert the at least one text section to an audio output based upon the presentation order; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to play the audio output using the presentation order on the at least one user device.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the at least one reading order is predefined using a user'"'"'s criteria selection.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the at least one reading order is defined by the at least one text section.

18. The computer program product according to claim 15, further includes program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to link at least one user'"'"'s audio customization file to the at least one reading order.

19. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the user'"'"'s criteria selection is based on the size of the at least one text section.

20. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the user'"'"'s criteria selection is based on the location of the at least one text section.