摘要 |
PURPOSE:To read a document in a natural manner which always fits to the context and the scene of the document. CONSTITUTION:An analysis result buffer 7 stores the Japanese analysis results of a specified document among a document data file 1 done by a Japanese analysis section 4. A voice data generating section 8 generates voice data from the Japanses analysis results. During the data generation, a special reading is assigned to the alphanumeric column located before and after the special character detected by a special character detection section 17 in accordance with the rule corresponding to a special character processing rule table 21. Moreover, when the alphanumeric column of a special pattern is detected by a special pattern detecting section 19, a special reading is assigned to the detected column in accordance with the corresponding rule in a special pattern processing rule table 22, voice data are generated and stored in a voice data file 10. A voice synthesizer 11 converts the voice data into voice signals which are outputted by a voice output section 13. Thus, alphanumeric columns such as telephone numbers and postal code numbers in the document being read are adequately read because the synthesizer 11 converts the voice data to voice signals which are outputted by the section 13. |