Patent ID: 6963838

Claim:
A method of providing text-to-speech services, the method comprising the steps of: splitting a text into segments that include anticipated-content segments and unanticipated-content segments, wherein each of the anticipated-content segments have previously satisfied criteria for being pre-recorded, and wherein each of the unanticipated-content segments are not within the anticipated-content segments; generating speech for said anticipated-content segments based on pre-recorded sound recordings that correspond to said anticipated-content segments; generating speech for said unanticipated-content segments using speech synthesis; monitoring usage of a particular segment of said segments by said text-to-speech services, wherein said particular segment is one of an anticipated-content-segment and an unanticipated-content-segment; and based on the usage of said particular segment by said text-to-speech services, recategorizing said particular segment to the other of said anticipated-content-segment and said unanticipated-content-segment.