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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Muneki Nakao, Yokohama, JP;
Muneki Nakao, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a speech-synthesis device, it is possible to determine whether or not a user dictionary that supports processing for reading aloud a specific phrase associated with specific reading should be used. The speech-synthesis device includes a speech-synthesis unit configured to perform read-aloud processing, a user dictionary provided to support processing for reading aloud a specific phrase associated with specific reading, and a control unit that includes a plurality of functions achieved by using information about the read-aloud processing, that determines whether or not the user dictionary should be used according to which of the functions is used so as to perform the read-aloud processing, and that makes the speech-synthesis unit perform the read-aloud processing.