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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kato, Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a machine translation processing unit, a speech synthesis processing unit, and a processor. The image forming unit is configured to print image data. The machine translation processing unit is configured to acquire translated text data as a result of machine translation processing based on untranslated text data generated from a scanned document image. The speech synthesis processing unit is configured to generate speech data based on the translated text data. The processor determines whether to execute printing or generate speech data based on a preset setting of output method, when executing printing, generates translation document image data based on the translated text data and the document image and causes the image forming unit to print the translation document image data, and when generating speech data, causes the speech synthesis processing unit to execute speech synthesis processing.