A new Apple patent describes a feature that would turn a text message into a voice memo.
Apple has filed a new patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an exciting software feature for its ecosystem-wide Messages app on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. The function in question would be responsible for Automatically turn text messages into audio messages. But they would not ring with the voice of Siri, but with the voice of the user himself.
According to 9to5mac reports, to make this feature available, iPhone and iPad users need to create and share an audio file containing enough data to emulate your voice through software in the Messages app.
Apple is preparing a useful feature that would revolutionize the field of mobile messaging
The company run by Tim Cook has filed a patent that describes how a user can receive a text message and listen to it via audio with the voice of the sender of the message.
“In response to receiving a message from a contact named ‘John’, a user may wish to hear the message in John’s voice, which improves user experience and increases device efficiency by eliminating the need for the user to read the received message. message.”
Undoubtedly, this feature that Apple is preparing – we cannot confirm that its development will eventually see the light of day in future updates – would be really practical when a user is driving or in situations where it is not possible or preferred to avoid sending an audio msg. . It would even be a great addition to the Do Not Disturb While Driving feature released a few years ago.
This would be possible thanks to “a voice model” that would collect the audio data from a user and run them to turn a text message into an audio message in the Messages app.
“The voice pattern is sent to a second electronic device. […] Based on the voice model, an audio output corresponding to the received message is sent.”
You can see more illustrations of this patent on Patently Apple
The function would display a request to the user receiving the message asking you if you want to receive an audio file and/or the SMS. If the user accepts, he will be able to receive an audio message with a voice simulation of the user who sent the message.
It’s more useful than it looks, because sometimes it’s not possible to send a message out loud. Other times, it is not possible to read a text message, either because you are driving, cooking or working, among other things.
