US 12,437,747 B2
Digital assistant for providing and modifying an output of an electronic document
Daniel A. Castellani, San Jose, CA (US); Didier Guzzoni, Mont-sur-Rolle (CH); and Pierre-Louis Jallerat, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/014,030.
Application 19/014,030 is a continuation of application No. 18/414,321, filed on Jan. 16, 2024, granted, now 12,236,938.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/459,580, filed on Apr. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0149024 A1, May 8, 2025
Int. Cl. G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 13/10 (2013.01) [G10L 13/0335 (2013.01); G10L 2013/105 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
one or more processors;
a memory; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving, at the electronic device, a message, wherein the message includes an electronic document including text;
detecting, based on at least one keyword in the message and by a digital assistant, the electronic document in the received message;
prompting, by the digital assistant, a user to provide a user input, wherein prompting the user to provide the user input comprises displaying the message concurrently with a text prompt associated with a suggestion to provide an audio output of the electronic document;
receiving the user input, wherein the user input is associated with an intent to provide an audio output of the electronic document; and
in accordance with a determination that the received user input is associated with an intent to provide the audio output of the electronic document:
generating a media item based on the text of the electronic document; and
after generating the media item, audibly outputting the media item.