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WO2001079986A3
WO2001079986A3 PCT/GB2001/001788 GB0101788W WO0179986A3 WO 2001079986 A3 WO2001079986 A3 WO 2001079986A3 GB 0101788 W GB0101788 W GB 0101788W WO 0179986 A3 WO0179986 A3 WO 0179986A3
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browser
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information
output
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Trevor Douglas Shonfeld
David John Bending
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Roundpoint Inc
Trevor Douglas Shonfeld
David John Bending
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Priority to AU93361/01A priority Critical patent/AU9336101A/en
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Publication of WO2001079986A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001079986A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/16—Sound input; Sound output
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • H04M3/493—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
    • H04M3/4938—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
  • Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
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  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)

Abstract

A browser (130) is operable to receive character information from an information source (32), and to generate an audio speech output on the basis thereof. The browser is capable of responding to user input actions, either by manual actuation or by spoken commands, to navigate through units of information, in accordance with links between the units, to select a particular unit or units for output.
PCT/GB2001/001788 2000-04-19 2001-04-19 Electronic browser WO2001079986A2 (en)

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AU93361/01A AU9336101A (en) 2000-04-19 2001-04-19 Electronic browser

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GB0009767.5 2000-04-19
GB0009767A GB2361556A (en) 2000-04-19 2000-04-19 Text-to-speech browser

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T.V.RAMAN: "Audio System for Technical Readings", CORNELL UNIVERSITY - PHD DISSERTATION, - May 1994 (1994-05-01), XP002217804, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/rd/0%2C63309%2C1%2C0.25%2CDownload/http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cache/papers/cs/3525/ftp:zSzzSzftp.cs.cornell.eduzSzpubzSzramanzSzaster-thesis.pdf/raman94audio.pdf> [retrieved on 20021023] *

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