Patent Document ID: 8352272
Application ID: 12240404

Base Claim:
1. A method for synthesizing speech from content related to a media asset, the method comprising: receiving a request for a rendering of text associated with the media asset; and converting the text associated with the media asset into speech, the speech comprising a rendering of the text that is spoken in a native language of the text and customized with an accent associated with a user, wherein converting the text associated with the media asset into speech further comprises: obtaining a plurality of native phonemes of the text; determining the accent associated the user; mapping the plurality of native phonemes to a plurality of target phonemes associated with the accent; and generating the speech using the plurality of target phonemes.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: combining the speech with the media asset in a single media file; and providing the single media file to a client device.