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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
Ciprian Agapi, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Oscar J. Blass, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Charles T. Rutherfoord, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Ciprian Agapi, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Oscar J. Blass, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Charles T. Rutherfoord, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing speech output can include the step of selecting a TTS output device from a plurality of available output devices. The selected output device can be associated with outputting content of an application responsive to a print command. According to the method, the print command can be detected, which results in the content of the application being conveyed to the selected TTS output device. The TTS output device can be associated with at least one text-to-speech engine. Upon content conveyance to the TTS output device, at least a portion of the content can be automatically converted using the text-to-speech engine. The speech converted content can be outputted.