Patent ID: 9570055
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G10H,G10L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for automatically converting textual messages to musical messages, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving a text input; receiving a musical input selection; analyzing, via one or more processors, the text input to determine at least one text characteristic including at least one of a word count or a syllable count of the text input; determining, via the one or more processors, a user phrase class for the text input based on at least one of the word count or the syllable count of the text input; analyzing, via the one or more processors, a musical input corresponding to the musical input selection to determine at least one musical characteristic including at least one of a musical phrase or a note count of the musical input; determining, via the one or more processors, a source phrase class for the musical input based on at least one of the musical phrase or the note count of the musical input; comparing, via the one or more processors, the user phrase class to the source phrase class to determine a phrase differential; based on the phrase differential, correlating, via the one or more processors, the text input with the musical input to generate a synthesizer input; sending the synthesizer input to a voice synthesizer; receiving, from the voice synthesizer, a vocal rendering of the text input; generating a musical message from the vocal rendering of the text input and the musical input; and outputting the musical message.