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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Makoto Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kuboyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kuboyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A speech output apparatus is disclosed, which can allow the user to easily catch synthetic speech when the synthetic speech is output upon being superposed on a music output. The apparatus output can output a music and synthetic speech that indicates contents of information such as an e-mail and is superposed on the music. When the synthetic speech is output to be superposed on the music during output, the apparatus gradually decreases a tone volume of the music.