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Mobile terminal with a text-to-speech converter

  • US 6,931,255 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2001
  • Issued: 08/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a communication system that transmits text messages to mobile terminals, a mobile terminal comprising:

  • a receiver that receives voice and text messages over an RF channel;

    a text-to-speech (TTS) converter that employs a low complexity phonetic TTS algorithm;

    a speech decoder;

    a switch that operates to selectively provide decoded data to the TTS converter or the speech decoder, wherein decoded data comprising a text message is provided to the TTS converter and decoded data comprising voice data is provided to the speech decoder;

    a controller that produces text menu messages; and

    a speaker;

    wherein audible messages corresponding to the text menu messages are generated and output to a user by the speaker.

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