Patent ID: 6487533
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G10L,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of operating language-based conversion of a present text message into speech, the method comprising the following steps:a. retrieving the present text message; b. automatically generating a language identifier corresponding to the present text message, wherein the step of generating includes: (1) examining a sequence of characters of the present text message; (2) determining an actual frequency of occurrence of character combinations within the sequence of characters of the present text message; and (3) matching the actual frequency of occurrence of the character combinations within the sequence of characters of the present text message with one of a plurality of corecurrence libraries; c. converting the present text message directly into computer-generated speech in a language corresponding to the language identifier using a language-specific text-to-speech engine, wherein the language-specific text-to-speech engine is selected according to the language identifier; and d. playing the computer generated speech to a subscriber.