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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Kazue Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kazue Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A word meaning explanation request to a word in document data, which is output as speech, is input from a user instruction input unit. When the word meaning explanation request is input, a text analysis unit analyzes already output document data, which is output as speech immediately before the word meaning explanation request is input. A word meaning search unit searches for a word meaning comment corresponding to a word meaning explanation request objective word obtained based on the analysis result. The word meaning comment is output.