Text-to speech converter of a facsimile graphic image
CA 2035871 C · Owner: O'Malley, Michael H. · Inventors: Peters, Elisabeth; O'Malley, Michael H.; O'Malley, Sara
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A computer system (10) is described that includes a capability to receive and store graphic images from remote facsimile machines (30). The system includes a software (16) that can convert graphic images of textual material into an ASCII coded file so that either keywords or the converted text may be converted to speech giving the addressee-user the ability to review incoming facsimiles from a remote telephone (36). The system includes a relay capability the capability to print on command and to originate facsimiles either from text files or scanned papers.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 26, 1990 and granted October 2, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 26, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 26, 2012.
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