Patent Document ID: 20170169811
Application ID: 14963912
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for performing text-to-speech (TTS) processing on sections of a textual work, the method comprising: processing a textual work to determine paragraph breaks within the textual work; storing a plurality of paragraph indicators, the paragraph indicators corresponding to the paragraph breaks; receiving first audio data from a user device, the audio data corresponding to a spoken utterance from a user; performing speech recognition processing on the first audio data; determining that the first audio data corresponds to a request to play audio corresponding to the textual work; determining a last user position within the textual work, the last user position corresponding to where in the textual work the user previously stopped playing the textual work; determining that the position is between a first paragraph indicator and a second paragraph indicator, wherein the first paragraph indicator corresponds to a beginning of a first paragraph and the second paragraph indicator corresponds to a break between the first paragraph and a second paragraph; determining first text corresponding to an entirety of the first paragraph; performing TTS processing on the first text to determine second audio data; and sending the second audio data to the user device as the second audio data is produced via the TTS processing.