VOCAL OUTPUT OF TEXTUAL COMMUNICATIONS IN SENDERS VOICE

• US 20180090126A1
• Filed: 09/26/2016
• Published: 03/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Peterson, Nathan J., Novak, Joshua Neil, Roberts, Nicholas Richard, Jaeger, Brian Jules
• Application Number:
  US15/276,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20180090126A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/033 Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/04 Details of speech synthesis systems, e.g. synthesiser structure or memory management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/08 Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to produce voice output; identifying, using a processor, a voice profile; generating, using a processor, the voice output, said voice output being tuned based on the voice profile; and providing, using a speaker, the voice output. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to produce voice output;

identifying, using a processor, a voice profile;

generating, using a processor, the voice output, said voice output being tuned based on the voice profile; and

providing, using a speaker, the voice output.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving text data, wherein the voice profile is associated with a user sending the text data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing comprises providing output after receiving the text data.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the text data is derived from a communication selected from the group consisting of:

a text message, an email, and a social media notification.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising collecting voice input from a user and generating a voice profile using the voice input of the user.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising updating the voice profile based upon subsequent voice inputs.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice profile is received at the information handling device from another device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice profile is stored at a storage location accessible by the information handling device.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising automatically generating a voice profile for each user added to a user'"'"'s contact list.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising sending, based upon a predefined event, a voice profile of to another device.

19. The information handling device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to automatically generate a voice profile for each user added to a user'"'"'s contact list.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a speaker;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

receive an indication to produce voice output;

identify a voice profile;

generate the voice output, said voice output being tuned based on the voice profile; and

provide the voice output.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to receive text data, wherein the voice profile is associated with a user sending the text data.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the voice output is provided after receiving the text data.

14. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the text data is derived from a communication selected from the group consisting of:

a text message, an email, and a social media notification.

15. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to collect voice input from a user and generate a voice profile using the voice input of the user.

16. The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to update the voice profile based upon subsequent voice inputs.

17. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the voice profile is received at the information handling device from another device.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the voice profile is stored at a storage location accessible by the information handling device.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising;

code that receives an indication to produce voice output;

code that identifies a voice profile;

code that generates the voice output, said voice output being tuned based on the voice profile; and

code that provides the voice output.