US 11,809,296 B2
Providing a verbalized diagnostic message to a user of an information handling system
Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US); Ibrahim Sayyed, Georgetown, TX (US); and Srinivasa Rao Samineni, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,894.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334943 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 11/328 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a verbalized diagnostic message to a user of an information handling system, the method comprising:
determining, by an embedded controller (EC) of the information handling system, an error associated with the information handling system;
accessing, by the EC, a memory device of the information handling system via a first bus and bypassing a second bus communicably coupling the EC to a platform controller hub (PCH) of the information handling system, the memory device storing a plurality of diagnostic files, the first bus communicably coupling the EC to the memory device;
selecting, by the EC, a diagnostic file from the plurality of diagnostic files, the diagnostic file indicating the error associated with the information handling system;
generating, by the EC, the verbalized diagnostic message;
sending, by the EC, the verbalized diagnostic message to an audio device of the information handling system in an audio stream via a third bus, the third bus communicably coupling the EC to the audio device; and
presenting, by the audio device, the verbalized diagnostic message to the user via one or more speakers of the information handling system.