System and method for automated voice inflection for numbers

A method for providing intonation in a string of spoken numbers, said method comprising:

• for a length L of a desired number string, selecting a particular ordinate position N of said string and determining its value V;
• retrieving, by a processor, from storage the prerecorded sound of value V, said sound of V having been prerecorded with an intonation that is a function of value being in the Nth position of a string of numbers having length L, wherein said intonation is without regard to the syntax of a sentence;
• repeating said selecting and retrieving until all positions of said string have been retrieved;
• assembling said retrieved prerecorded sounds in ascending string position;
• assembling all retrieved prerecorded sounds for all strings;
• inserting proper verbal separators between each said string;
• and
• communicating said prerecorded sounds to a listener, said communicating including communicating said assembled verbal separators.

A system for interacting with a user, said system comprising:

• an interactive voice device;
• a database having stored therein recorded sounds of number values, each said recorded sound value being part of a string of values having length L and each said value being recorded for each position in each said string, with an inflection that is a function of each said position in each said string, wherein said inflections are without regard to the syntax of a sentence;
• a processor for retrieving from said database individual ones of said recorded sound values so as to assemble said retrieved sound values into a string of sound values for communication to said user;
• assembling all retrieved recorded sounds for all strings;
• inserting proper verbal separators between each said string;
• and communicating said recorded sounds to a listener, said communicating including communicating said assembled verbal separators.

A method for providing intonation in a string of prerecorded spoken numbers, said method comprising:

• recording, by a processor, the sound of each number from 0 through 9 in a plurality of number strings each string having a different length such that the sound of each number is recorded for each position of said string as a function of each said position in each said string, wherein said intonation is without regard to the syntax of a sentence;
• storing said recording for retrieving at a later time in order to provide audible reproduction of the values of number strings, wherein the values of the numbers in said number string being selected at the time of said audible reproduction;
• assembling all retrieved prerecorded sounds for all strings;
• inserting proper verbal separators between each said string;
• and
• communicating said prerecorded sounds to a listener, said communicating including communicating said assembled verbal separators.

A device for verbally communicating numbers that have been prerecorded, said device comprising:

• a memory;
• data stored in said memory, said data comprising the recorded sound of each number from 0 through 9 in a plurality of number strings, each number string having a different length such that the sound of each number from 0 through 9 is recorded with an intonation for each position in each string as a function of each said position, and wherein each said recorded number sound is separated into individual numbers;
• and said intonation is without regard to the syntax of a sentence;
• a processor for retrieving from said memory at least one string of numbers in order to provide audible reproduction of the values of said at least one number string, wherein the values of the numbers in said number string are selected at the time of said audible reproduction, and wherein the intonation of each said reproduced number value bears the natural intonation for both said string length and the positional location within said string of said number;
• assembling all retrieved prerecorded sounds for all strings;
• inserting proper verbal separators between each said string;
• and communicating said prerecorded sounds to a listener, said communicating including communicating said assembled verbal separators.

A system for providing automated numeric voice response, said system comprising:

• means for determining the length L of each number string desired to be provided;
• means for retrieving from a database a prerecording of a first value of a first said string, said first value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said first value being the first value of a string of numbers having length L of said first string;
• means for retrieving from said database a prerecording of a second value of said first string, said second value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said second value being the second value of a string of numbers having length L of said first string;
• if length L of said first string equals 2;
• said system further comprising:
• means for assembling said selected first and second prerecorded values;
• and
• means for communicating said first and second prerecorded values as retrieved;
• if length L of said first string equals 3;
• said system further comprising:
• means for retrieving from said database a prerecording of a third value of said first string, said third value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said third value being the third number of a string of numbers having length L of said first string;
• means for assembling said selected first, second, and third prerecorded values;
• and
• means for communicating said first, second, and third numbers as retrieved;
• if length L of said first string equals 4;
• said system further comprising:
• means for retrieving from said database a prerecording of said fourth value of said first string, said fourth value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said fourth value being the fourth number of a string of numbers having length L of said first string;
• means for assembling said retrieved first, second, and third prerecorded values;
• and
• means for communicating said first, second, third, and fourth prerecorded values as retrieved, wherein said inflections are without regard to the syntax of a sentence.

A system for providing intonation in a string of spoken numbers, said system comprising:

• for a length L of a desired number string, means for selecting a particular ordinate position N of said string and for determining its value V;
• means for retrieving from storage the prerecorded sound of value V, said sound of V having been prerecorded with an intonation that is a function of value V being in the Nth position of a string of numbers having length L, wherein said intonation is without regard to the syntax of a sentence;
• means for repeating said selecting and retrieving until all positions of said string have been retrieved;
• and
• means for assembling said retrieved prerecorded sounds in ascending string position.