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Speech-conversion processing apparatus and method

  • US 20070162284A1
  • Filed: 01/10/2007
  • Published: 07/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A speech-conversion processing apparatus, comprising:

  • a character-string structure analyzer operable to analyze a character-string structure within address data selected for speech conversion in accordance with speech-conversion rule data;

    a pronunciation-symbol dictionary in which speech-conversion pronunciation symbols are associated with character strings of a specific element of the character-string structure;

    a data reader operable to search the pronunciation-symbol dictionary for a character string of the specific element, the character string being obtained by dividing the address data into elements based on a result of the analysis performed by the character-string structure analyzer, and to read data associated with the speech-conversion pronunciation symbols;

    a speech data creator operable to create speech data for all elements of address character strings in accordance with the data associated with the speech-conversion pronunciation symbols; and

    a speech generation section operable to generate speech from the speech data created by the speech data creator.

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