Sony Corporation

Utaha Shizuka

Satoshi Fujimura

Yasuhiko Kato

The present invention is intended to perform text-to-speech conversion by replacing URLs and electronic mail addresses included in the text data of electronic mail by registered predetermined words. A mail watcher application control section executes the processing for converting electronic mail received by a MAPI mailer into speech data. The mail watcher application control section outputs URLs and electronic mail addresses included in the text data of electronic mail supplied from the MAPI mailer to a URL and mail address filter to replace them by registered predetermined names. Of the entered texts, the URL and mail address filter compares the URL or mail address included in the entered text with those registered in the URL and mail address table. If a the URL or mail address of the entered text is found matching, the URL and mail address filter replace it by the registered name and outputs it to the mail watcher application control section.

Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program for converting text data to audio data

A setting window that is displayed when a mail tab is selected includes check boxes for selecting items to read when an electronic mail is read, and a check box and a drop-down list box for setting automatic checking of electronic mails. Contents corresponding to checked boxes among the check boxes are converted into speech data. Furthermore, the contents corresponding to the checked boxes among the check boxes, except for the body of the electronic mail, are used for generating a title to be added when the speech data is output to an external apparatus, etc. If none of the check boxes is checked, a predetermined character string is set as a title.

Text-to-speech synthesis system and associated method of associating content information

Two types of voice can be set for reading text data of an electronic mail. A user selects a detailed setting button associated with one of the voice types to display a voice setting window, in which setting for the voice can be made individually. A drop-down list box include preset voice types such as woman, man, child, robot, and alien, and also names of voice types corresponding to phonemes created by the user, allowing selection thereof. In relation to a voice selected from the drop-down list box, reading speed, voice pitch, and strength of stress are set according to positions of setting levers.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program

To project a character with story properties among a plurality of application softwares or on the desktop screen, and to instruct the user on the operating procedure. A character control section () provides character data from character data storage section () to application softwares (), () and () or a basic software on the basis of scenario information from scenario information storage section (). The application softwares (), () and () communicates with the character control section () to give scenario information to the character control section (), and to obtain the character data. Thus, the application softwares (), () and () obtain the state of the characters or image information, and display the characters on the respective application windows on the basis of scenario information.

Information processing apparatus, method and program for displaying one or more characters on a plurality of application display areas responsive to scenario information

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