Distributed TTS and Display Coordination for Non-Text Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio reading technologies require users to frequently operate their devices to view non-text information, such as pictures or formulas, during audio playback, leading to poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method where a first terminal device processes text-to-speech (TTS) on text information and sends non-text information to a second device for display, allowing seamless integration of non-text content without manual operation, using a distributed network of devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If text information is converted to speech information and played by a terminal device, then audio reading functionality is improved, but non-text information cannot be viewed without frequent device operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides information into text information (processed by audio reading device) and non-text information (processed by display device), allowing each type to be handled through its most suitable channel without requiring the user to switch operations between them
Solution Approach 2:
The audio reading device acts as an intermediary that detects non-text information in the target information and automatically transmits it to a display device, eliminating the need for user intervention to access non-text content
2Loss of information
If a user operates the terminal device to view non-text information during audio playback, then non-text information becomes accessible, but user experience deteriorates due to frequent interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The audio reading device automatically performs the function of detecting and transmitting non-text information to the display device without requiring user service or intervention, making the system self-sufficient in handling both information types
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous audio playback while simultaneously and automatically managing the display of non-text information, ensuring that both information types are accessible without interrupting the user's continuous engagement with the content
3Ease of operation
If all information is processed through audio reading, then audio reading simplicity is maintained, but non-text information cannot be effectively conveyed
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a single-dimensional audio output to a multi-dimensional information delivery system that simultaneously provides audio information through speakers and visual non-text information through a display device, adding a spatial and sensory dimension to information conveyance
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AI summary
This application provides information processing methods, terminal devices, and distributed networks. In an implementation, after determining target information including at least one piece of text information and at least one piece of non-text information, a terminal device may determine, based on a predetermined playing speed and a predetermined time, at least one first location associated with at least one piece of non-text information. Text-to-speech is sequentially performed on the at least one piece of text information, to obtain and sequentially play speech information respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of text information. In response to speech information corresponding to first text information being played, target non-text information is sent to a second terminal device, so that the second terminal device displays the target non-text information.