Information processing apparatus and method, and program
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Abstract
A GUI display module displays a contents image based on contents data within a display area, and a display portion switching input module instructs to change the display portion of the contents image within the display area. Based on this instruction input, a display portion switching module changes the display portion of the contents image within the display area. A synthesis text determination module determines data which is to undergo speech synthesis in the contents data on the basis of display portion information which is held by a display portion holding module and indicates the display portion. A speech synthesis module synthesizes speech of the data which is to undergo speech synthesis, and a speech output module outputs the synthesized synthetic speech.
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31 Claims
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22. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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display control means for controlling to display contents data to a display area;
change means for changing a display portion of the contents data within the display area;
display portion information holding means for holding display portion information indicating the display portion;
determination means for determining data, which is to undergo speech synthesis in the contents data, on the basis of the display portion information;
speech synthesis means for synthesizing speech of the data, which is to undergo speech synthesis, determined by said determination means; and
holding means for holding already output portion information indicating data synthesized and outputted by said speech synthesis means, wherein said determination means inhibits the data indicated by the already output portion information held by said holding means from undergoing speech synthesis. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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display control means for controlling to display contents data to a display area;
change means for changing a display portion of the contents data within the display area;
display portion information holding means for holding display portion information indicating the display portion;
determination means for determining data displayed in the display area, and data which relates to contents data displayed in the display area and is not displayed in the display area, as being data to undergo speech synthesis; and
speech synthesis means for synthesizing speech of the data determined by said determination means. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An information processing method comprising:
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a display control step of controlling to display contents data to a display area;
a change step of changing a display portion of the contents data within the display area;
a display portion information holding step of holding display portion information indicating the display portion;
a determination step of determining data, which is to undergo speech synthesis in the contents data, on the basis of the display portion information;
a speech synthesis step of synthesizing speech of the data, which is to undergo speech synthesis, determined in said determination step; and
a holding step of holding already output portion information indicating data synthesized and outputted in said speech synthesis step, wherein in said determination step, the data indicated by the already output portion information held in said holding step is inhibited from undergoing speech synthesis.
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29. An information processing method comprising:
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a display control step of controlling to display contents data to a display area;
a change step of changing a display portion of the contents data within the display area;
a display portion information holding step of holding display portion information indicating the display portion;
a determination step of determining data displayed in the display area, and data which relates to contents data displayed in the display area and is not displayed in the display area, as being data to undergo speech synthesis; and
a speech synthesis step of synthesizing speech of the data determined in said determination step.
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30. A program comprising:
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a program code of a display control step of controlling to display contents data to a display area;
a program code of a change step of changing a display portion of the contents data within the display area;
a program code of a display portion information holding step of holding display portion information indicating the display portion;
a program code of a determination step of determining data, which is to undergo speech synthesis in the contents data, on the basis of the display portion information;
a program code of a speech synthesis step of synthesizing speech of the data, which is to undergo speech synthesis, determined in said determination step; and
a program code of a holding step of holding already output portion information indicating data synthesized and outputted in said speech synthesis step, wherein in said determination step, the data indicated by the already output portion information held by said holding step is inhibited from undergoing speech synthesis.
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31. A program comprising:
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a program code of a display control step of controlling to display contents data to a display area;
a program code of a change step of changing a display portion of the contents data within the display area;
a program code of a display portion information holding step of holding display portion information indicating the display portion;
a program code of a determination step of determining data displayed in the display area, and data which relates to contents data displayed in the display area and is not displayed in the display area, as data being to undergo speech synthesis; and
a program code of a speech synthesis step of synthesizing speech of the data determined by said determination step.
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