Improved text to speech conversion
CA 2379862 A1 · Owner: Wilson, Michael Geoffrey Andrew · Inventors: Wilson, Michael Geoffrey Andrew; Didcock, Clifford Neil
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There is disclosed a method of operating language based conversion of a text message into speech, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving the text message; converting the text message into computer-generated speech based on a language identifier; and playing the computer generated speech to a subscriber, wherein the method has an automatic mode of operation in which the language identifier is selected automatically and a fixed mode of operation , in which the language identifier is predetermined. A system for implementing such a method is also disclosed.
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- Filed April 20, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 20, 2020.
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