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US 2006/0217981 A1Published application
Device for generating speech, apparatus connectable to or incorporating such a device, and computer program product therefor
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsNercivan Mahmudovska, Gunnar Klinghult, Anna Tomasson
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Abstract
A control unit extracts at least a part of data that is displayed on a display and sends the extracted part of the displayed data to a speech generating device. The speech generating device includes a conversion circuit that converts the received data to a speech signal. The conversion circuit may be connected to a speaker system for broadcasting the speech signal.
Claims38
An apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display various readable data;
- and
- a control unit configured to extract at least a part of the displayed data and configured to send the extracted part of the displayed data to a speech generating device that is configured to generate speech from the extracted part of the displayed data,
- wherein the speech generating device is attachable to the apparatus.
1 more element
A device for generating speech, comprising:
- a microcontroller configured to be connected to an apparatus and configured to receive data from said apparatus to be converted to speech;
- and
- a conversion circuit coupled to the microcontroller and configured to be connected to a speaker system,
- wherein the conversion circuit is configured to receive the data from the microcontroller and convert the data to a speech signal.
1 more element
An apparatus, comprising:
- a display configured to display various readable data;
- a control unit;
- and
- a speech generating device including a conversion circuit therein configured to convert received data to a speech signal and configured to be connected to a speaker system,
- wherein the control unit is configured to extract at least a part of the displayed data and send the extracted part of the displayed data to the speech generating device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.