US Patent Application 18220900. TEXT-TO-SPEECH ENRICHING SYSTEM simplified abstract
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TEXT-TO-SPEECH ENRICHING SYSTEM
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Galen Rafferty of Mahomet IL (US)
Reza Farivar of Champaign IL (US)
Anh Truong of Champaign IL (US)
Jeremy Goodsitt of Champaign IL (US)
Vincent Pham of Champaign IL (US)
Austin Walters of Savoy IL (US)
TEXT-TO-SPEECH ENRICHING SYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18220900 titled 'TEXT-TO-SPEECH ENRICHING SYSTEM
Simplified Explanation
This patent application describes a text-to-speech system that can generate audible versions of documents. Here are the key points:
- The system identifies specific portions of the document that need to be replaced with a summary when generating an audible version.
- It can generate summaries of the content at different levels of detail, depending on the user's request for additional information.
- The system then outputs the summaries in an audible format, allowing users to listen to the document instead of reading it.
Original Abstract Submitted
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a text-to-speech system. An embodiment operates by identifying a portion of content of the document, that is to be replaced with a summary associated with the content responsive to a request for an audible version of the document. A first request for the audible version of the document is received. A first summary of the content at a first level of detail is generated. The first summary is audibly output. A second request for additional information is received. A second summary of the content at different level of detail is generated. The second summary of the content at the second level of detail is audibly output.
