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Title:
VOICE TONE VARIATION PORTION LOCATING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/010680
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A text editing device capable of predicting the voice tone variation likelihood or determining whether or not a voice tone variation will occur. The text editing device presents a portion of a text where the voice tone of the user reading the text may vary on the basis of language analysis information on the text. The device comprises a voice tone variation estimating section (103) for estimating the likelihood of voice tone variation of when the user reads a text for each predetermined unit of an input symbol sequence including at least one phoneme sequence on the basis of the language analysis information which is a symbol sequence of a language analysis result containing a phoneme sequence corresponding to the text, a voice tone variation part judging section (105) for locating the portion in the text where the voice tone is apt to vary on the basis of the language analysis information and the estimation by the voice tone variation estimating section (103), and a display section (108) for presenting the located portion in the text where the voice tone is liable to vary to the user.

Inventors:
YAMAGAMI KATSUYOSHI
KATO YUMIKO
ADACHI SHINOBU
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/311205
Publication Date:
January 25, 2007
Filing Date:
June 05, 2006
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Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
YAMAGAMI KATSUYOSHI
KATO YUMIKO
ADACHI SHINOBU
International Classes:
G10L13/00; G06F17/27; G06F17/30; G10L13/033; G10L13/08; G10L13/10; G10L21/10; G10L25/48; G10L25/51; G10L25/69
Foreign References:
JP2003248681A2003-09-05
JP2003084800A2003-03-19
JPH05224690A1993-09-03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NII, Hiromori (6F Tanaka Ito Pia Shin-Osaka, 3-10, Nishi Nakajima 5-chome, Yodagawa-k, Osaka-city Osaka 11, JP)
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