Proofreading with text to speech feedback
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsHSIAO-WUEN HON, DONG LI, XUEDONG HUANG, YUN-CHEN JU, XIANGHUI SEAN ZHANG
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Abstract
A computer implemented system and method of proofreading text in a computer system includes receiving text from a user into a text editing module. At least a portion of the text is converted to an audio signal. The audio signal is played through a speaker to the user to provide feedback.
Claims32
A computer implemented method of proofreading text in a computer system, the method comprising:
- receiving text from a user into a text editing module;
- converting the text to an audio signal;
- and
- playing the audio signal through a speaker to the user.
A proofreading system operable on a computer for processing text, the computer having an input device and a speaker, the proofreading system comprising:
- a text editing module receiving an input signal from the input device indicative of selected text;
- and
- a text to speech module receiving the selected text and converting the selected text to an output signal providable to the speaker.
A dictation system operable on a computer the computer having a microphone and a speaker, the dictation system comprising:
- a speech recognition module receiving an input signal from the microphone and converting the input signal to text;
- and
- a text-to-speech module receiving the text and converting the selected text to an output signal providable to the speaker.
A proofreading system operable on a computer for processing text, the computer having an input device and a speaker, the proofreading system comprising:
- a dictionary of symbols and corresponding text;
- a text converter coupled to the dictionary and adapted to receive symbols from the input device and to convert the symbols to text using the dictionary;
- and
- a text to speech module receiving the text and converting the text to an output signal providable to the speaker.
A handwriting recognition system operable on a computer, the computer having a handwriting device and a speaker, the dictation system comprising:
- a handwriting recognition module receiving an input signal from the handwriting device and converting the input signal to text;
- and
- a text-to-speech module receiving the text and converting the selected text to an output signal providable to the speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.