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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Jason A. Grieves, Redmond, WA (US);

Nicholas H. Wrem, Seattle, WA (US);

Paul J. Reid, Woodinville, WA (US);

Brett D. Humphrey, Seattle, WA (US);

Douglas R. Kirschner, Seattle, WA (US);

Niranjan Shivanand Baligar, Redmond, WA (US);

Andres E. Espinoza-masias, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jason A. Grieves, Redmond, WA (US);

Nicholas H. Wrem, Seattle, WA (US);

Paul J. Reid, Woodinville, WA (US);

Brett D. Humphrey, Seattle, WA (US);

Douglas R. Kirschner, Seattle, WA (US);

Niranjan Shivanand Baligar, Redmond, WA (US);

Andres E. Espinoza-Masias, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Assistive buffer usage techniques are described. In one or more implementations, audio generated through text-to-speech conversion is output, the audio corresponding to text portioned in one of a plurality of buffers from an item of content. An input is received to rewind or fast forward the output of the audio. Responsive to the input, additional audio is output that was generated through text-to-speech conversion from text portioned in another one of the plurality of buffers.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Grieves, Jason. (2014). Assistive buffer usage techniques (U.S. Patent No. 8769169). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8769169

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