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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Troy Lee Cline, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Scott Harlan Isensee, Georgetown, TX (US);
Frederic Ira Parke, Austin, TX (US);
Ricky Lee Poston, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory Scott Rogers, Austin, TX (US);
Jon Harald Werner, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A uniquely programmed computer system and computer-implemented method direct a computer system to efficiently transmit voice. The method includes the steps of transforming voice from a user into text at a first system, converting a voice sample of the user into a set of voice characteristics stored in a voice database in a second system, and transmitting the text to the second system, whereby the second system converts the text into audio by synthesizing the voice of the user using the voice characteristics from the voice sample. The voice characteristics and text may be transmitted individually or jointly. However, if the system transmits voice characteristics individually, subsequent multiple text files are transmitted and converted at the second system using the stored voice characteristics located within the second system.