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Patent No.:

US 8554254 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Darrell Reginald May, Waterloo, CA;

Alain R. Gagne, Cambridge, CA;

Inventors:

Darrell Reginald May, Waterloo, CA;

Alain R. Gagne, Cambridge, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device, and a wireless communications network for sending text messages thereto. More particularly, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a wireless transceiver and a controller for cooperating therewith for receiving text messages from the wireless communications network. It may further include a headset output connected to the controller. The controller may be for switching between a normal message mode and an audio message mode based upon a connection between the headset output and a headset. Moreover, when in the audio message mode, the controller may output at least one audio message including speech generated from at least one of the received text messages via the headset output.


Find Patent Forward Citations

May, Darrell. (2013). Communications system providing automatic text-to-speech conversion features and related methods (U.S. Patent No. 8554254). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8554254

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