# US 2014/0195222 A1 · Speech Modification for Distributed Story Reading > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195222 A1 - Document ID: US20140195222A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/735,790 - Filed: 2013-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Assignees: Microsoft Corporation - Applicants: Microsoft Corporation - Inventors: Alan W. Peevers; John C. Tang; Nizamettin Gok; Gina Danielle Venolia; Kori Inkpen Quinn; Simon Andrew Longbottom; Kurt A. Thywissen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195222A1 ## CPC - G10L 21/00: Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility (G10L19/00 takes precedence) - G09B 5/067: {Combinations of audio and projected visual presentation, e.g. film, slides} - G10L 21/003: Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - G10L 2021/0135: {Voice conversion or morphing} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) ## Abstract Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving audio data associated with a reader of an electronic story that is being shared with one or more remote participants; augmenting the audio data to morph a voice of the reader; and enabling the one or more remote participants to consume augmented audio data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said augmenting is to morph the voice of the reader to sound like a character in the electronic story. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said augmenting takes place at a computing device of the reader. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said augmenting takes place at a computing device other than the computing device of the reader. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said augmenting takes place at a server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said augmenting takes place at a computing device associated with one or more of the remote participants. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said enabling is performed, at least in part, using a peer-to-peer network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said enabling is performed, at least in part, using a network other than a peer-to-peer network. ### Claim 9 One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising: establishing a communication connection between multiple participants to enable the participants to share an interactive reading experience in which an electronic story is shared amongst the participants; receiving audio data associated with a reader of the electronic story that is being shared; augmenting the audio data to morph a voice of the reader; and enabling the one or more remote participants to consume augmented audio data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said establishing is performed by establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the multiple participants. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said establishing is performed by establishing a connection other than a peer-to-peer connection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said augmenting morphs the voice of the reader to sound like a character in the electronic story. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said augmenting takes place at a computing device of the reader. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said augmenting takes place at a computing device other than the computing device of the reader. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said augmenting takes place at a server. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein said augmenting takes place at a computing device associated with one or more of the remote participants. ### Claim 17 A computing device comprising: one or more processors; one or more computer readable storage media; an augmentation effect module embodied on the one or more computer readable storage media and configured to be executed, by the one or more processors, effective to implement a method comprising: receiving audio data associated with a reader of an electronic story that is being shared with one or more remote participants; augmenting the audio data to morph a voice of the reader to sound like a character in the electronic story; and enabling the one or more remote participants to consume augmented audio data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computing device of claim 17 further comprising a voice over IP (VoIP) application embodying the augmentation effect module, and wherein the method further comprises establishing a peer-to-peer communication connection between the one or more remote participants over which the electronic story can be shared. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The computing device of claim 17, wherein said enabling is performed, at least in part, using a network other than a peer-to-peer network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The computing device of claim 17, wherein the computing device comprises a tablet computing device.