Notification terminal with text-to-speech amplifier

Abstract

A mass notification terminal may have a data parser and decoder connected to a communications terminal. Announcements may be transmitted to the communications terminal in the form of linguistic symbols and commands using low bandwidth and low power protocol transmissions. Push transmissions conserve bandwidth. An abstraction of an audio announcement may be transmitted for use with a speech synthesizer. The abstraction may be linguistic symbols such as phenomes, text, or may identify pre-stored clips. The system may provide announcement confirmation. The system may take advantage of communication protocols that have message size limitations. The announcements may be sent in one or more message transmissions. When an announcement is composed of multiple messages, using message sequence numbers and announcement identifications may facilitate grouping and arranging of the messages that make up the announcement.

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         21 . A notification terminal comprising:
 a communication terminal;   a data parser and decoder responsive to said communication terminal;   a speech synthesizer connected to a linguistic output of said data parser and decoder; and   further comprising analytics configured to issue a notice.   
     
     
         22 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein the communication terminal is an LPWA (low power wide area) network communication terminal. 
     
     
         23 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein the communication terminal is a low data rate cellular terminal with an SMS channel. 
     
     
         24 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein the communication terminal is a low data rate radio terminal with mesh network channels. 
     
     
         25 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  further comprising an amplifier connected to said output of said speech synthesizer; and
 wherein an output of said amplifier is connected to at least one of a speaker, transducer, and connection terminal connected to an output of said amplifier. 
 
     
     
         26 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said data parser and decoder further comprises a command parser configured to identify and connect input commands to a controller. 
     
     
         27 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  further comprises a message array connected to an output of said data parser and decoder. 
     
     
         28 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  further comprising a communication interface connected to a communication channel, wherein said communication interface is connected to said data parser and decoder. 
     
     
         29 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said data parser and decoder has a trigger output. 
     
     
         30 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said analytics responsive to an output of said speech synthesizer is configured to issue a confirmation upon detection of completion of processing by said speech synthesizer. 
     
     
         31 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said notice is a confirmation of successful announcement. 
     
     
         32 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said analytics is connected to said communication terminal. 
     
     
         33 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said notice is indicative of an event. 
     
     
         34 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said notice is indicative of status. 
     
     
         35 . The notification terminal according to  claim 21  wherein said notice is a notification for action. 
     
     
         36 . A notification system comprising:
 one or more notification terminals having at least a low bandwidth communication terminal;   a data parser and decoder responsive to said communication terminal;   a message controller configured to dispatch linguistic symbols and control commands to a communication terminal.   
     
     
         37 . The notification system according to  claim 36  wherein said message controller is a personal communication device having an application program. 
     
     
         38 . The notification system according to  claim 37  wherein said personal communication device is further configured to send a text message including announcement instructions. 
     
     
         39 . The notification system according to  claim 38  further comprising a server connected between said personal communication device and said notification terminal. 
     
     
         40 . The notification system according to  claim 39  wherein said server is a gateway configured to convert transmissions from a first protocol to a second protocol.