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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Yumura, Neyagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ohnishi, Hirakata, JP;
Masanori Miyatake, Hirakata, JP;
Naoyuki Yoden, Toyonaka, JP;
Masashi Ochiiwa, Ogaki, JP;
Takashi Izumi, Gifu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704260 ; 704231 ; 704235 ; 704251 ;
Abstract
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.