The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
John Lattyak, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John T. Kim, La Canada, CA (US);
Robert Wai-chi Chu, Oakland, CA (US);
Laurent an Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
John Lattyak, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John T. Kim, La Canada, CA (US);
Robert Wai-Chi Chu, Oakland, CA (US);
Laurent An Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing text to speech from digital content in an electronic device is described. Digital content including a plurality of words and a pronunciation database is received. Pronunciation instructions are determined for the word using the digital content. Audio or speech is played for the word using the pronunciation instructions. As a result, the method provides text to speech on the electronic device based on the digital content.