Method and apparatus for recording and playing user voice in mobile terminal by synchronizing with text
First Claim
1. A method for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- entering a page by executing an electronic book;
identifying, by the mobile terminal, whether a first user voice record file related to the page exists;
generating the first user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the first user voice record file does not exist;
playing the user voice by synchronizing the user voice stored in the first user voice record file with the text if the first user voice record file exists;
generating a phonemic voice file by classifying the user voice stored in the first user voice record file by phoneme;
comparing the phonemic voice file with all the text included in the electronic book; and
generating a second user voice record file related to remaining pages without a stored user voice record file if a percentage of the phonemic voice file for all the text is higher than a predetermined level,wherein if a required phoneme is not stored in a Text To Speech (TTS) database, then informing a user by a suggestion to record phoneme.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal are provided. The method for recording and storing a user voice in a mobile terminal includes entering a page by executing an electronic book, identifying whether a user voice record file related to the page exists, generating a user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the user voice record file does not exist, and playing by synchronizing the user voice stored in the user voice record file with the text if the user voice record file exists. Accordingly, a user voice can be recorded corresponding to a text of a page when recording a specific record of an electronic book, and the text corresponding to the user voice being played can be highlighted by synchronizing the user voice and the text.
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1. A method for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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entering a page by executing an electronic book; identifying, by the mobile terminal, whether a first user voice record file related to the page exists; generating the first user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the first user voice record file does not exist; playing the user voice by synchronizing the user voice stored in the first user voice record file with the text if the first user voice record file exists; generating a phonemic voice file by classifying the user voice stored in the first user voice record file by phoneme; comparing the phonemic voice file with all the text included in the electronic book; and generating a second user voice record file related to remaining pages without a stored user voice record file if a percentage of the phonemic voice file for all the text is higher than a predetermined level, wherein if a required phoneme is not stored in a Text To Speech (TTS) database, then informing a user by a suggestion to record phoneme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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an input device configured to receive a user input; a display configured to display a text included in an electronic book; and at least one processor configured to; identify whether a first user voice record file related to the page exists when entering a page of the electronic book, generate the first user voice record file by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the user voice record file does not exist, play the user voice by synchronizing the user voice stored in the first user voice record file with the text if the first user voice record file exists, generate a phonemic voice file by classifying the user voice by phoneme, compare the phonemic voice file with all the text included in the electronic book, and generate a second user voice record file related to remaining pages without a stored user voice record file if a percentage of the phonemic voice file for all the text is higher than a predetermined level, wherein if a required phoneme is not stored in a Text To Speech (TTS) database, then informing a user by a suggestion to record phoneme. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
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entering a page by executing an electronic book; identifying whether a first user voice record file related to the page exists; generating the first user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the first user voice record file does not exist; playing the user voice by synchronizing the user voice stored in the first user voice record file with the text if the first user voice record file exists; generating a phonemic voice file by classifying the user voice by phoneme; comparing the phonemic voice file with all the text included in the electronic book; and generating a second user voice record file related to remaining pages without a stored user voice record file if a percentage of the phonemic voice file for all the text is higher than a predetermined level, wherein if a required phoneme is not stored in a Text To Speech (TTS) database, then informing a user by a suggestion to record phoneme.
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