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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 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 13/08 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2006.01); 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 where the portions of the text narrated using the different voices are selected by a user. Also disclosed are techniques and systems for associating characters with portions of a sequence of words selected by a user. Different characters having different voice models can be associated with different portions of a sequence of words.