Intelligent text-to-speech conversion

摘要

Techniques for improved text-to-speech processing are disclosed. The improved text-to-speech processing can convert text from an electronic document into an audio output that includes speech associated with the text as well as audio contextual cues. One aspect provides audio contextual cues to the listener when outputting speech (spoken text) pertaining to a document. The audio contextual cues can be based on an analysis of a document prior to a text-to-speech conversion. Another aspect can produce an audio summary for a file. The audio summary for a document can thereafter be presented to a user so that the user can hear a summary of the document without having to process the document to produce its spoken text via text-to-speech conversion.

主权项

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; andconverting the plurality of text elements to speech, wherein the speech is spoken in the determined order.