Electronic dictionary apparatus and its control method

• US 20060031072A1
• Filed: 08/04/2005
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Aizawa, Michio, Okutani, Yasuo
• Application Number:
  US11/197,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20060031072A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/08 Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination

Abstract

An electronic dictionary apparatus and its control method are provided. A database contains entry words and advanced phonetic information corresponding to each entry word. A dictionary search section searches the database using an entry word specified by a user as a search key and acquires the advanced phonetic information corresponding to the entry word. A display section displays simple phonetic information generated based on the acquired advanced phonetic information. A speech output section performs speech synthesis based on the acquired advanced phonetic information and outputs the synthesized speech.

Claims

1. An electronic dictionary apparatus comprising:

a storage means for storing a plurality of entry words and advanced phonetic information corresponding to each of the plurality of entry words;

an acquisition means for acquiring the advanced phonetic information corresponding to an entry word specified by a user from the storage means;

a display means for displaying simple phonetic information generated based on the acquired advanced phonetic information; and

a speech output means for performing speech synthesis based on the acquired advanced phonetic information and outputting the synthesized speech.

3. The electronic dictionary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the advanced phonetic information conforms to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).

2. An electronic dictionary apparatus comprising:

a storage means for storing a plurality of entry words and advanced and simple phonetic information corresponding to each of the plurality of entry words;

an acquisition means for acquiring the advanced and simple phonetic information corresponding to an entry word specified by a user from the storage means;

a display means for displaying the acquired simple phonetic information; and

a speech output means for performing speech synthesis based on the acquired advanced phonetic information and outputting the synthesized speech.

4. A method for controlling an electronic dictionary apparatus, comprising the steps of:

acquiring advanced phonetic information corresponding to an entry word specified by a user from a storage means that contains entry words and advanced phonetic information corresponding to each entry word;

displaying simple phonetic information generated based on the acquired advanced phonetic information on a display; and

performing speech synthesis based on the acquired advanced phonetic information and outputting the synthesized speech.

6. A program for implementing the method according to claim 4 with a computer.

5. A method for controlling an electronic dictionary apparatus, comprising the steps of:

acquiring advanced and simple phonetic information corresponding to an entry word specified by a user from a storage means that contains entry words and advanced and simple phonetic information corresponding to each entry word;

displaying the acquired simple phonetic information on a display; and

performing speech synthesis based on the acquired advanced phonetic information and outputting the synthesized speech.