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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Peter Chapman, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Peter Chapman, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for processing indicia in a document to determine a portion of words and associating a particular a voice model with the portion of words based on the indicia. During a readback process, an audible output corresponding to the words in the portion of words is generated using the voice model associated with the portion of words.