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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian Canton, Bellevue, WA (US);
John Campbell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Samuel C. Radakovitz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew Hart Fichtner, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Augusto Otero, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Edward Rampson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems for associating audio files with cells of a spreadsheet are provided. Both audio files and data may be associated with a single cell of the spreadsheet. An audio file may be recorded, retrieved from storage, or converted from a document (e.g., using text-to-speech technology) for association with a spreadsheet. Upon association, audio parameters may be viewed and/or manipulated by a user, providing audio processing functionality within a spreadsheet. Controls may be provided for listening to the audio file and/or playing the audio file in response to spreadsheet data satisfying a condition. Text transcriptions (e.g., speech-to-text) of audio files may be inserted into the spreadsheet. For low vision users, audio transcriptions (e.g., text-to-speech) of data may be generated and 'played' for the user. Spreadsheet operations (e.g., sort and/or filter operations) may also be performed on a range of cells based on audio parameters of associated audio files.