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Text formatting from speech

US6785649B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1999
Grant dateAug 31, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/226
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for converting speech to text and vice versa. The method for converting speech to text includes receiving a spoken input having a non-verbal characteristic, and automatically generating a text output, responsive to the spoken input, having a variable format characteristic corresponding to the non-verbal characteristic of the spoken input. The method for converting text to speech includes receiving a text input having a given variable format characteristic and synthesizing speech corresponding to the text input and having a non-verbal characteristic corresponding to the variable format characteristic of the text input.

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