Intelligent text-to-speech conversion

A method for converting text to speech, the method comprising:

• at an electronic device with a processor and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the processor:
• parsing a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, the subset of text having a markup tag;
• creating an announcement comprising a spoken description of a context related to the markup tag;
• and
• generating audio that includes the spoken form of the subset of text and the announcement, wherein the announcement is spoken prior to the spoken form of the subset of text.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to:

• parse a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, the subset of text having a markup tag;
• create an announcement comprising a spoken description of a context related to the markup tag;
• and
• generate audio that includes the spoken form of the subset of text and the announcement, wherein the announcement is spoken prior to the spoken form of the subset of text.

An electronic device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• parsing a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, the subset of text having a markup tag;
• creating an announcement comprising a spoken description of a context related to the markup tag;
• and
• generating audio that includes the spoken form of the subset of text and the announcement, wherein the announcement is spoken prior to the spoken form of the subset of text.