Apple Working On Audio Text Messaging For iPhone
In order to tackle these issues, the patent filing calls for the ”
” of multimedia data by the sender's device followed by the transfer of this data over a voice channel to the destination device. This is in contrast to the use of data channel for conventional text messaging. The filing notes that the technology can enable any textual data on the display screen, like contact numbers, to be vocalized before being sent over a voice channel.
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