Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Naoyuki Yoden

Takeshi Yumura

Hiroki Ohnishi

Masanori Miyatake

Masashi Ochiiwa

Takashi Izumi

Kayo Yoshimura

Hideharu Nishida

Kouzou Ohi

A method for processing a document wherein, on the transmission side, information is stored in the document for specifying an element of the document whose contents should be changed if necessary according to the conditions of a communication destination. A document processed according to the conditions of the transmission side is analyzed to extract the element of the document to be changed, and information indicating that the extracted element is the element whose contents are to be changed is attached to the extracted element and a document transmission is made. On the receiving side, information is stored for specifying an element whose contents should be changed if necessary according to the conditions of the receiving side and corrective information included with the contents is stored, so that the received document is analyzed and the element is extracted, and based on the stored corrective information the contents of the extracted element are changed according to the communication destination conditions. Furthermore, a machine translation apparatus is included which processes an HTML document that includes hyperlinks between translated sentences, words, etc. and the corresponding original sentences, words, etc. and/or the corresponding dictionary data.

Document preparation method and machine translation device

The present invention relates to a hypertext markup language (HTML) translating machine. The HTML translating machine automatically converts a HTML document with text described in a first language into a HTML document with text described in a second language.

Hypertext markup language document translating machine

An apparatus for reading out textual information with synthesized speech comprises: a buffer memory 24 for buffering character codes of textual information; a keyword/ read-out region storing unit 22 which stores previously specified keyword and region of the textual information, the region being to be read out and including the keyword; a read-out region retrieving unit 23 which retrieves the keyword from the buffered character codes, and which, when the keyword exists, causes character codes corresponding to the read-out region, to be outputted from the buffer memory 24; a speech synthesizing unit 26 which converts the outputted character codes into a synthesized speech signal; and a loudspeaker 14 for outputting the synthesized speech signal in the form of synthesized speech. In textual information of various kinds such as textual information received by a teletext multiplex FM radio, or that of an electronic newspaper, only a portion which relates to a keyword that is previously specified by the user is sounded with synthesized speech, thereby enabling the user to obtain only required information.

Apparatus for reading out textual information with synthesized speech,

A speech synthesis apparatus for synthesizing speech to read out a text in place of a reader at a speed corresponding to a set time and the text volume, a medium on which is recorded a computer program for reading out a text in place of a reader, an apparatus for calculating time necessary for a reader to finish reading out a text on the basis of the reader's speech characteristic data of a prescribed word or sentence, and a medium on which is recorded a computer program for calculating the read out time.

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Moriguchi, Japan

Naoyuki Yoden