Facsimile-to-speech system
US5091931A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S379/908
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Written material is read at low cost by a computer-based system which is designed to receive via a telephone line a facsimile of the written material submitted by a system user. Once the facsimile is received, the system performs an optical character recognition (OCR) process thereon. The text thus identified by the OCR process is converted to intelligent speech using a speech synthesizer. The synthesized speech is communicated back to the system user either over the already established telephone connection or in a subsequent call.
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