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System for synthesizing spoken messages

US6068485A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1998
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B19/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer-operated system for assisting aphasics in communication includes user-controlled means for storing data representing the user's vocalizations during a time interval, means for associating the data stored in each of a plurality of such intervals with an icon, means for ordering a plurality of such icons in a group representing a speech message, and means for generating an audio output from the stored data represented by the icons in the group so as to provide a speech message.

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