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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jon Campbell, Redmond, WA (US);
Ann Paradiso, Shoreline, WA (US);
Jay Beavers, Duvall, WA (US);
Mira E. Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Meredith Morris, Bellevue, WA (US);
Alexander Fiannaca, Seattle, WA (US);
Harish Kulkarni, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Speech generating devices, communication systems, and methods for communicating using the devices and systems are disclosed herein. In certain examples, the speech generating device includes a display device and an input device configured to generate a communication to be displayed on the display device, wherein the speech generating device is configured to allow a user to select between playing the generated communication through a speaker and transmitting the generated communication via a communication network to a computing device separate from the speech generating device. In certain examples, the computing device may be designated with other computing devices of other conversation partners within a conversation group.