System for sending text messages converted into speech through an internet connection to a telephone and method for running it
CA 2462919 A1 · Owner: Vieri, Riccardo · Inventors: Vieri, Flavio; Vieri, Riccardo; Tomasso, Cristiano
Overview
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This invention consists of a system permitting to send text messages by Internet and let them arrive in the form of speech directly on the addressee's phone. This system works by means of a central server where at least one , software is installed which receives the written message, converts it into speech and processes it, so that it can be sent in vocal form on a telephone line. The user receiving the message can also answer it sending another , message to the sender always using the telephone.
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- Filed October 21, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 21, 2022.
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