The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Hironobu Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Chieko Asakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hironobu Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Chieko Asakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to creating a web page and voice browsing of the web page, and more particularly, it improves accessibility for the voice browsing of the web page through a synthetic voice, efficiently with high reliability. A content creation systemof the present invention is used for creating a content which may be viewed through the synthetic voice, the system including: a databasefor storing a structured document; and an information process sectionfor creating a speech node seriesfrom the structured document, and calculating a reaching time from starting voice synthesis of the speech node seriesuntil each node is outputted as the synthetic voice. The information process sectionincludes a support process sectionto determine a graphic display corresponding to the reaching time, and to visually display the reaching time to a predetermined node by the voice synthesis on a screen of a display section