Patent ID: 9117443
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G10L,H04R

Abstract:
1. A headset comprising: a wireless transceiver; a processor; a speaker; a donned or doffed detector configured to identify a headset donned state or a headset doffed state, wherein the headset donned state is the headset worn on a user ear; a text to speech application comprising instructions which when executed by the processor cause the headset to convert a text based message to audio speech; and a text based message notification application comprising instructions which when executed by the processor cause the headset to receive a notification message at the headset from a computing device of a text based message, identify a transition from a headset doffed state to a headset donned state subsequent to receiving the notification message at the headset from the computing device of the text based message, and output playback options regarding the text based message at the speaker responsive to the transition from the headset doffed state to the headset donned state.