Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-13
2007-02-13
{hacek over (S)}mits, Talivaldis Ivars (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
C704S267000, C704S258000
Reexamination Certificate
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ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for customizing a multi-media message created by a sender for a recipient, in which the multi-media message includes an animated entity audibly presenting speech converted from text by the sender. At least one image is received from the sender. Each of the at least one image is associated with a tag. The sender is presented with options to insert the tag associated with one of the at least one image into the sender text.
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Buda Barbara
Civanlar Mehmet Reha
Cosatto Eric
Graf Hans Peter
Isaacson Thomas M.
AT&T Corp.
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{hacek over (S)}mits Talivaldis Ivars
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