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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Shunsuke Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Shunsuke Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
If a user requests an output of synthetic speech, a broadcast receiving apparatus (), when a control section () determines on the basis of the display state of the broadcast receiving apparatus () that a synthetic speech signal is not to be output, outputs a confirmation sound generated by an operation confirmation sound generation section (); and, when it is determined that the synthetic speech signal is to be output, outputs synthetic speech generated by a synthetic speech generation section (), whereby it is possible to assist a user having difficulty viewing a screen, such as a visually-impaired person, with understanding the situation.