Hearing instrument with off-line speech messages
AssigneeGN ReSound A/S
InventorsBrent C. KIRKWOOD, Brian Dam PEDERSEN
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Abstract
A hearing instrument configured for use with a device, the hearing instrument includes: an interface for reception of a message and/or a speech message from the device, wherein the speech message is a converted form of the message and is generated using a text-to-speech processor; a memory for storage of the message and/or the speech message, and a message processor configured for, at a selected time, outputting audio samples of the speech message for transmission to a user of the hearing instrument.
Claims18
A hearing instrument configured for use with a device, the hearing instrument comprising:
- an interface for reception of a message and/or a speech message from the device, wherein the speech message is a converted form of the message and is generated using a text-to-speech processor;
- a memory for storage of the message and/or the speech message, and
- a message processor configured for, at a selected time, outputting audio samples of the speech message for transmission to a user of the hearing instrument.
A device for use with a hearing instrument, comprising:
- a first interface that is configured for reception of information relating to a user through a Wide-Area-Network, the information comprising timing information;
- a second interface configured for connection with the hearing instrument;
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- a processor configured to control the second interface to output a message and/or a speech message to the hearing instrument based on the timing information, wherein the speech message is a converted form of the message and is generated using a text-to-speech processor.
A method of communicating a message, comprising:
- retrieving the message from a device with access to a Wide-Area-Network;
- converting the message into a corresponding speech message;
- storing the message and/or the corresponding speech message in a memory of a hearing instrument together with timing information, and
- outputting the corresponding speech message for a human at a date and time as defined by the timing information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.