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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2004
Nobuyuki Otsuka, Kawanishi, JP;
Kiyoshi Morimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Kutsumi, Moriguchi, JP;
Nobuo Kitao, Nara, JP;
Nobuyuki Otsuka, Kawanishi, JP;
Kiyoshi Morimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Kutsumi, Moriguchi, JP;
Nobuo Kitao, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A server, which transmits phonetic-sound information to a plurality of client machines and reproduces the transmitted phonetic-sound information, includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of voiced phonetic-sound information whose contents are voices of a plurality of speakers in a conversation made up of the voices of the plurality of speakers. The server also includes a timing determining unit for determining reproduction timing of the plurality of pieces of voiced phonetic-sound information, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the voiced phonetic-sound information which is applicable to each client machine, so that its reproduction is executed in the reproduction timing determined by the timing determining unit.