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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A voice selection supporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an acceptance unit that accepts input of a text, an analysis knowledge storage unit that stores therein text analysis knowledge to be used for characteristic analysis for the input text, an analysis unit that analyzes a characteristic of the text by referring to the text analysis knowledge, a voice attribute storage unit that stores therein a voice attribute of each voice dictionary, an evaluation unit that evaluates similarity between the voice attribute of the voice dictionary and the characteristic of the text, and a candidate presentation unit that presents, based on the similarity, a candidate for the voice dictionary suitable for the text.