Audio menus describing media contents of media players
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating an audio menu describing media content of a media player, the method comprising:
- retrieving metadata describing the media files managed by the media player, further comprising;
retrieving an extensible markup language (‘
XML’
) metadata file describing the media files managed by the media player;
identifying in dependence upon the XML metadata file an organization of the media files managed by the media player;
converting at least a portion of the metadata to speech, including converting metadata describing a particular media file managed by media player to speech;
creating one or more media files for the audio menu; and
saving the speech in the audio portion of the one or more media files for the audio menu, further comprising saving the speech according to the organization of the media files managed by the media player.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for creating an audio menu describing media content of a media player. Embodiments include retrieving metadata describing the media files managed by the media player; converting at least a portion of the metadata to speech; creating one or more media files for the audio menu; and saving the speech in the audio portion of the one or more the media files for the audio menu.
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating an audio menu describing media content of a media player, the method comprising:
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retrieving metadata describing the media files managed by the media player, further comprising; retrieving an extensible markup language (‘
XML’
) metadata file describing the media files managed by the media player;identifying in dependence upon the XML metadata file an organization of the media files managed by the media player; converting at least a portion of the metadata to speech, including converting metadata describing a particular media file managed by media player to speech; creating one or more media files for the audio menu; and saving the speech in the audio portion of the one or more media files for the audio menu, further comprising saving the speech according to the organization of the media files managed by the media player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for creating an audio menu describing media content of a media player, the system comprising:
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a computer processor; a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor; the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of; retrieving metadata describing the media files managed by the media player, further comprising; retrieving an extensible markup language (‘
XML’
) metadata file describing the media files managed by the media player;identifying in dependence upon the XML metadata file an organization of the media files managed by the media player; converting at least a portion of the metadata to speech including converting metadata describing a particular media file managed by media player to speech; creating one or more media files for the audio menu; and saving the speech in the audio portion of the one or more media files for the audio menu, further comprising saving the speech according to the organization of the media files managed by the media player. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for creating an audio menu describing media content of a media player, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable recording medium, the computer program product comprising:
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computer program instructions for retrieving metadata describing the media files managed by the media player, further comprising; computer program instructions for retrieving an extensible markup language (‘
XML’
) metadata file describing the media files managed by the media player;computer program instructions for identifying in dependence upon the XML metadata file an organization of the media files managed by the media player, computer program instructions for converting at least a portion of the metadata to speech, including computer program instructions for converting metadata describing a particular media file managed by media player to speech; computer program instructions for creating one or more media files for the audio menu; and computer program instructions for saving the speech in the audio portion of the one or more media files for the audio menu, further comprising computer program instructions for saving the speech according to the organization of the media files managed by the media player. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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