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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sanae Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/304 ; G10L 1/308 ; G10L 2/100 ; A63F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/304 ; G10L 1/308 ; G10L 2/100 ; A63F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A sound effects affixing device which enables sound effects and background music to be affixed in relation to inputted sentences automatically. A keyword extraction device is provided with a onomatopoeias extraction measure, a sound source extraction measure, and a subjective words extraction measure, which measures extract keyword of the onomatopoeias, the sound source names, or the subjective words within inputted sentences. A sound retrieval device selects sound effects and music by these keywords, thus selected sound effects and music are outputted by an output sound control device synchronized with synthesized speech.