Method and system for converting text into speech as a function of the context of the text

A communication system for communicating information to a telephone user in response to a request for the information from the telephone user. The communication system includes a text data source having text documents. A voice application receives a request from the telephone user for information an...

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Main Authors Walker, David, Mackelprang, Mark, Sipe, Andrew, Sperduti, Armand
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.12.2001
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Summary:A communication system for communicating information to a telephone user in response to a request for the information from the telephone user. The communication system includes a text data source having text documents. A voice application receives a request from the telephone user for information and then retrieves a text document related to the requested information from the text data source. A context detector determines the context of the text document. A text cleaner modifies the text document as a function of a context of the text document. A text-to-speech (TTS) converter converts the modified text document into speech. The TTS converter provides the speech to the telephone user via the voice application in order to satisfy the request for information from the telephone user.