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US 2021/0174807 A1Published application
Secure text-to-voice messaging
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorBibhudendu Mohapatra
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Abstract
A personal voice model is created using a person's voice, essentially, voice cloning. When user wants to send a message to another person from his mobile phone or similar device, the user types the message and it is converted to a speech message using the voice model created. The speech message is delivered either to a voicemail or another medium which accepts a voice message. The text can be converted to a different language as well and send a voice message in a different language.
Claims19
An assembly, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one display configured to communicate with the processor;
- the processor being programmed to access instructions executable by the processor to:
- execute a messaging app for sending messages from a sender to recipients, the instructions being executable to employ the messaging app to:
- receive text input;
- convert the text input to a voice signal synthesized to be in the sender's voice;
- and
- send the voice signal to at least one recipient device for audible playback on the recipient device.
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A machine-implemented method comprising:
- receiving text input at a sender device;
- determining whether the text input contains a blacklisted term;
- responsive to determining that the text input contains a blacklisted term, locking use of the sender device pending entry of an unlock code, or presenting a warning on the sender device, or both locking use of the sender device pending entry of an unlock code and presenting a warning on the sender device;
- and
- responsive to determining that the text input does not contain a blacklisted term, converting the text input to a voice signal and sending the voice signal to at least one recipient device.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer storage that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- receive text input;
- identify whether the text input contains at least one blacklisted term;
- responsive to the text input containing at least one blacklisted term, lock use of a sender device into which the text input was entered, or present a warning on the sender device, or both lock use of the sender device and present a warning on the sender device;
- responsive to the text input not containing at least one blacklisted term, convert the text input to a voice signal using a model of a voice of a sender associated with the sender device;
- and
- transmit the voice signal to a recipient device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.