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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Tsutomu Nobutani, Nagano-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Nobutani, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A speech output device, a control method for a speech output device, a printer, and an interface board can improve the productivity of foreign language speaking workers in industries such as retailing and food services. A data communication unitacquires print data. A data interpreteranalyzes and converts to text data at least part of the data acquired by the data communication unit. A language converterconverts the text data to one or more preset languages. A speech synthesizergenerates one or more units of synthesized speech data corresponding to the language-converted text data from the language converter. A speech data output unitoutputs the one or more units of synthesized speech data generated by the speech synthesizerto a headphone