Patent ID: 7734463

Claim:
A method of providing automated numeric voice inflections, said method comprising: determining, by a processor, the values of each number to be communicated as a first string of numbers; determining the length L of said first number string; retrieving from a database a prerecording of the first value of said string, said first value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said first value being the first value of a string of numbers having length L; retrieving from a database a prerecording of the second value of said string, said second value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said second value being the second value of a string of numbers having length L; if L equals 2: assembling said selected first and second prerecorded values; and communicating said first and second prerecorded values as retrieved; if L equals 3: retrieving from a database a prerecording of said third value of said string, said third value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said third value being the third number of a string of numbers having length L; assembling said selected first, second, and third prerecorded values; and communicating said first, second, and third numbers as retrieved; if L equals 4: retrieving from a database a prerecording of said fourth value of said string, said fourth value having been prerecorded with an inflection that is a function of said fourth value being the fourth number of a string of numbers having length L; assembling said retrieved first, second, and third prerecorded values; and communicating said first, second, third, and fourth prerecorded values as retrieved, wherein said inflections are without regard to the syntax of a sentence.