ON-VEHICLE DEVICE, VOICE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND SPEECH RATE ADJUSTING METHOD
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1. An on-vehicle device to be mounted on a vehicle characterized in that it is provided with:
- speech rate determining means that determines a speech rate when reproducing speech from received voice information data, andspeech signal generating means that generates speech signals based on said speech voice information data at the speech rate determined by said speech rate determining means, to reproduce speech,wherein said speech rate determining means, determines a prescribed normal reference speech rate as the speech rate when the voice information data are not data of high urgency and determines a higher rate than said normal reference speech rate as the speech rate when the voice information data are data of high urgency.
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Abstract
In an on-vehicle device (1), speech rate decision means (21) decides the speech rate when reproducing a voice from the received utterance voice information data. The voice signal generation means (21) generates a voice signal based on the utterance voice information data at the speech rate decided by the speech rate decision means (21). The voice based on the generated voice signal is outputted. A caution is surely performed to a user in the vehicle.
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1. An on-vehicle device to be mounted on a vehicle characterized in that it is provided with:
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speech rate determining means that determines a speech rate when reproducing speech from received voice information data, and speech signal generating means that generates speech signals based on said speech voice information data at the speech rate determined by said speech rate determining means, to reproduce speech, wherein said speech rate determining means, determines a prescribed normal reference speech rate as the speech rate when the voice information data are not data of high urgency and determines a higher rate than said normal reference speech rate as the speech rate when the voice information data are data of high urgency. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A speech rate adjusting method characterized in that it is provided with:
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a step of determining a speech rate when reproducing speech from speech voice information data with an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle, and a step of generating speech signals based on said speech voice information data at said determined speech rate.
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