Patent · US Active

Systems and methods document narration

US8346557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Raymond C. Kurzweil · Newton, US
Paul Albrecht · Bedford, US
Peter Chapman · Sechelt, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2010
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L13/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. In some aspects, systems and methods described herein can include receiving a user-based selection of a first portion of words in a document where the document has a pre-associated first voice model and overwriting the association of the first voice model, by the one or more computers, with a second voice model for the first portion of words.

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