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Playback apparatus, setting apparatus, playback method, and program

  • US 9,728,201 B2
  • Filed: 10/11/2013
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A playback apparatus comprising:

  • an application execution unit configured to connect to a site to acquire auditory language data including data to be played back as a spoken voice;

    an analyzing unit configured to determine a type of the auditory language data based on a type of the site to output an analysis result;

    a setting unit configured to set a unit positioned at an end of a sentence included in the auditory language data to a control portion that is played back at a lower speed than a part of the sentence not at the end of the sentence in a case in which it has been determined that the application execution unit is connected to a social network service (SNS) site based on the analysis result; and

    a voice playback unit configured to play back the control portion as a spoken voice at a set playback speed.

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