Text Message to Voice Conversion in Communication Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional communication devices struggle to effectively convey text messages to users, especially when the device is separated from them, such as when carried in a bag, making it difficult to identify received text messages, particularly if they are not easily visible.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that transform text messages into voice data and transmit this voice data to a wireless headset or external sound reproduction device using a wireless communication module, allowing users to receive text messages audibly, even when the communication device is not directly accessible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If text messages are displayed on the communication device screen, then the user can see the message content, but the user cannot easily identify the message when the device is spaced apart (e.g., in a bag)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the visual display mechanism (screen) with an acoustic output mechanism (speaker). Instead of relying on the user to see the text message on the device screen, the system converts the text message into voice data that is played through the speaker, allowing the user to identify the message through sound regardless of the device's physical location or orientation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the communication device is contained in a bag carried by the user, then the device is portable and convenient, but the user cannot easily identify the text image
Solution Approach 1:
The system substitutes visual display with acoustic output to overcome the portability limitation. When the device is placed in a bag or carried away from the user, the speaker outputs voice data corresponding to the text message, enabling the user to identify the message through auditory perception rather than visual inspection of the screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces voice data as an intermediary between the text message and the user. Instead of directly displaying text on the screen, the system converts the text message into voice data that serves as a mediator to convey the message content to the user through the speaker, bypassing the need for visual contact with the device.
3Ease of operation
If the communication device transmits voice data to external sound reproduction device, then the user can hear text messages audibly, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the existing speaker component in the communication device to serve multiple functions: it not only plays audio from voice communications but also outputs voice data converted from text messages. This multi-functionality approach allows the device to provide audible text message notification without adding separate dedicated hardware, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The application discloses a communication device and method of processing a text message in the communication device. An aspect of the present application is a method of receiving text messages from a counterpart; determining whether to transform the received text messages into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming the text messages into the voice data; selectively transforming a text message among the text messages into the voice data of the counterpart according to a result of the determining step; and transmitting the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.