Patent ID: 9330657
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G09B,G10L

Claim Text:
1. A method for vocalizing a digital work of literature, comprising the steps of: analyzing by a computer a first digital work of literature using natural language processing to identify speaking character voice characteristics associated with context of each quote as extracted from the first work of literature; converting by a computer the character voice characteristics to audio metadata to control text-to-speech audio synthesis for each quote; transforming by a computer the audio metadata into text-to-speech engine commands, wherein each quote is associated with audio synthesis control parameters for rendering the corresponding character voice characteristics according to the context of the quotes in the first work of literature; and inputting by a computer the commands to a text-to-speech engine to cause vocalization of the first work of literature, wherein spoken quotes by characters are vocalized according to the words of each quote, character voice characteristics corresponding to each quote, and context corresponding to each quote.