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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Nec Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichi Kitatani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G09B 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 21/043 (2013.01); G10L 21/057 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G09B 5/04 (2013.01); G10L 15/005 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/043 (2013.01); G10L 21/057 (2013.01); G10L 15/265 (2013.01); G10L 2013/105 (2013.01); H04M 2250/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A playback apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires auditory language data including data to be played back as a spoken voice; an analyzing unit that analyzes the auditory language data to output an analysis result; a setting unit that sets at least a portion of the auditory language data to a control portion to be played back at a set playback speed, based on the analysis result; and a voice playback unit that plays back the control portion as a spoken voice at the set playback speed.