Patent ID: 6122617
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G10H,G10L

Abstract:
A method of distributing information to an end-user in computer-readable textual form for subsequent conversion into audible form at an end-user location, the method comprising the steps of:receiving at a collection site an information item, wherein the information item includes data in computer-readable textual form, and wherein the data includes a portion that will cause the generation of improperly spoken speech therefrom by a text-to-speech synthesizer positioned at an end-user location;detecting at the collection site the portion of the data of the information item that will cause the generation of improperly spoken speech therefrom by the text-to-speech synthesizer;replacing at the collection site the detected portion of the data of the information item with replacement data in computer-readable textual form that will cause the generation of properly spoken speech therefrom by the text-to-speech synthesizer; and,transmitting the information item from the collection site through a data channel to the end-user location for subsequent conversion into audible form by the text-to-speech synthesizer at the end-user location, wherein the transmitted information item includes the replacement data.