PROVIDING TEXT TO SPEECH FROM DIGITAL CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Patent №

US 8,990,087

Granted

2015-03-24

Filed 2008

Owner

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

AI components

2

nlp · speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12242394

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.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Speech1.00
AI hardware0.18
Machine learning0.02
Evolutionary computation0.02
Knowledge representation0.02
Planning0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

assignment · 288120692

Assignors

LATTYAK, JOHN, KIM, JOHN T., CHU, ROBERT WAI-CHI, NGUYEN, LAURENT AN MINH

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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