ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,943, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Assisted speech" was invented by Ian M. Richter (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for synthesizing virtual speech. In various implementations, a device includes a display, an audio sensor, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. A computer-generated reality (CGR) representation of a fictional character is displayed in a CGR environment on the display. A speech input is received from a first person via the audio sensor. The s...