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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Applicant:
K-nfb Reading Technology, Inc., Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Peter Chapman, Bedford, MA (US);
Lucy Gibson, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/04 (2013.01); G09B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G09B 5/06 (2013.01); G09B 5/062 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text. In some aspects, the techniques and systems described herein include generating a timing file that includes elapsed time information for expected portions of text that provides an elapsed time period from a reference time in an audio recording to each portion of text in recognized portions of text.