Patent Document ID: 9305543
Application ID: 14631526

Base Claim:
1. A method for converting text to speech, the method comprising: at an electronic device with a processor and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the processor: parsing a document to identify a plurality of text elements in the document to be converted to speech, wherein in the document, a first text element of the plurality of text elements is positioned before a second text element of the plurality of text elements; determining, by the processor, an order in which the plurality of text elements are to be spoken, wherein the determined order comprises speaking the second text element before the first text element; and converting the plurality of text elements to speech, wherein the speech is spoken in the determined order.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: generating a text-to-speech processing script after determining the order, wherein the text-to-speech processing script includes the first text element and the second text element, and wherein the text-to-speech processing script further includes an annotation disposed before the first text element to indicate that the second text element is to be spoken before the first text element.