Patent Document ID: 6122617
Application ID: 09322421

Base Claim:
1. 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.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data of the information item includes a reference to an illustration, and wherein the method further includes a step of editing the data of the information item at the collection site to remove the reference to the illustration from the data of the information item prior to transmitting the information item to the end-user location.