Device for generating the audio information of a set of characters
Patent 4689817 Issued on August 25, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 17, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 17, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3632887 Electronic calculator system having audio messages for operator interaction Patent #: 4060848 InventorApplicationNo. 06/821112 filed on 01/17/1986US Classes:704/260Image to speechExaminersPrimary: Shaw, Gareth D.Assistant: Mills, John G. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 3/16 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1982-02-24 NLAbstractA device for generating the audio information of a set of characters in which some characters are intoned or pronounced with a different voice character. The device includes means for making a distinction between a capital letter and a small letter presented. For a capital letter character, a speech pattern is formed in which the pitch or the voice character is modified, while maintaining their identity, with respect to a speech pattern for a small letter of the same character. The device also includes means for determining the position of a letter, preferably the last letter, of a word composed of characters presented and for forming a speech pattern for the relevant letter in which the pitch or the voice character is modified while the identity is maintained. | |
