System and method for personalized text-to-voice synthesis
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1. A communication device for audibly outputting a received text message to a user in an output voice, the device comprising:
- a) means for receiving data representing voice characteristic information associated with a sender of the text message, wherein the data representing the voice characteristic information defines the voice characteristic information as a set of voice deltas, each of the voice deltas representing a difference between a desired voice characteristic of the output voice and a corresponding predefined voice characteristic of a standard voice,b) a processor for synthesizing an output voice in accordance with the voice characteristic information and said standard voice, wherein the output voice mimics a voice selected by the sender and the standard voice is a reference voice for use by a plurality of communication devices; and
c) an output for audibly presenting the text message to the user using the output voice.
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Abstract
A communication device and method are provided for audibly outputting a received text message to a user, the text message being received from a sender. A text message to present audibly is received. An output voice to present the text message is retrieved, wherein the output voice is synthesized using predefined voice characteristic information to represent the sender'"'"'s voice. The output voice is used to audibly present the text message to the user.
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1. A communication device for audibly outputting a received text message to a user in an output voice, the device comprising:
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a) means for receiving data representing voice characteristic information associated with a sender of the text message, wherein the data representing the voice characteristic information defines the voice characteristic information as a set of voice deltas, each of the voice deltas representing a difference between a desired voice characteristic of the output voice and a corresponding predefined voice characteristic of a standard voice, b) a processor for synthesizing an output voice in accordance with the voice characteristic information and said standard voice, wherein the output voice mimics a voice selected by the sender and the standard voice is a reference voice for use by a plurality of communication devices; and c) an output for audibly presenting the text message to the user using the output voice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of audibly outputting a received text message to a user via a communication device, the method comprising:
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retrieving voice characteristic information associated with a sender of the received text message, the voice characteristic information defining a set of voice deltas, each of the voice deltas representing a difference between a desired voice characteristic of a voice selected by the sender and a corresponding predefined voice characteristic of a standard voice, the standard voice being a reference voice for use by a plurality of communication devices; synthesizing an output voice in accordance with the voice characteristic information and the predefined voice characteristic of the standard voice, the output voice mimicking the voice selected by the sender; and audibly outputting the received text message using the output voice. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication device for audibly outputting a received text message to a user, the device comprising:
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a processor to receive data representing voice characteristic information associated with a sender of the received text message, the voice characteristic information defining a set of voice deltas, each of the voice deltas representing a difference between a desired voice characteristic of a voice selected by the sender and a corresponding predefined voice characteristic of a standard voice, the standard voice being a reference voice for use by a plurality of communication devices and synthesize an output voice in accordance with the voice characteristic information and the corresponding predefined voice characteristic of the standard voice, the output voice mimicking the voice selected by the sender; and an output operatively coupled to the processor to audibly output the received text message to the user using the output voice. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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