Text-to-speech preprocessing and conversion of a caller's ID in a telephone subscriber unit and method therefor

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PATENT NO 6466653
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09391425

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A telephone subscriber unit (22) includes a caller identification device (120), a memory unit (114), a pre-processor (124) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) (110). The caller identification device (120) receives caller ID information of a calling party in a first textual format and stores the caller ID information in the memory unit (114) The pre-processor (124) converts textual caller ID information from the first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis by the text-to-speech synthesizer (110). The text-to-speech synthesizer (110) generates audible caller ID information responsive to receiving the textual caller information.

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NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC1 WAYSIDE ROAD BURLINGTON MA 01803

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bossemeyer, Robert Wesley St. Charles, IL 12 536
Hamrick, Mendel Kieth Algonquin, IL 2 95
Hardzinski, Mary Louise Palatine, IL 37 1150
Hart, Elizabeth Marie Lake Zurich, IL 5 130
Kaschke, Kevin D Hoffman Estates, IL 34 1242
McBlain, Thomas Joseph Arlington Heights, IL 80 2146
Multach, Kelly Ann Lake in the Hills, IL 5 130

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