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Title:
DOCUMENT READING ALOUD DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0546607
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To facilitate the understanding of read aloud contents by recognizing table data corresponding to the item name of a table, and reading aloud collectively the item name at the time of reading aloud tlxe table data.

CONSTITUTION: A document is read in to a document buffer (step 1), and the table is extracted by detecting ruled line information out of read in document information (step 2). Then, if a variable (j) is not '0', it is considered the table (step 5), and table structure is analyzed (step 6), and a document information table consisting of the item name in the table, digit position information showing the arrangement structure of a data character string, the item name, and the data character string, etc., is generated, and a table reading aloud sentence for reading aloud collectively the item name and a data part is generated on the basis of this document information table (step 7). Then, this reading aloud sentence is transformed into a voice by a voice synthesizing device, and the table data is read aloud by the voice (step 8).


Inventors:
MORIKI NORIE
KINUKAWA HIROYUKI
HIRAI AKIHIRO
Application Number:
JP22351691A
Publication Date:
February 26, 1993
Filing Date:
August 08, 1991
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD
International Classes:
G06F3/16; G06F17/21; (IPC1-7): G06F3/16; G06F15/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shigeru Sasaoka (1 person outside)



 
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