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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Timothy A. Timmins, Beaverton, OR (US);
John S. Miller, Canby, OR (US);
Timothy A. Timmins, Beaverton, OR (US);
John S. Miller, Canby, OR (US);
Grape Technology Group, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Abstract
To personalize a voice information delivery service, e.g., directory assistance, a voice email service, stock quotation service and other information assistance services, a user is afforded an option to customize automated voices/speeches to deliver information to him/her. The automated voices/speeches may be customized for different services and functions, and/or in terms of urgency, context, etc. of the information to be voice-delivered. In an illustrative embodiment, the user's voice preferences for voice information deliveries are recorded in a user profile, which are represented by sets of speech characterizing parameters, respectively, based on which a text-to-speech (TTS) engine reads given text information to the user in the corresponding preferred voices/speeches.