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Title:
REGISTERING METHOD FOR SENTENCE ANALYSIS DICTIONARY FOR VOICE SYNTHESIS AND VOICE READING DEVICE USING THE METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006194952
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a registering method for a sentence analysis dictionary by which an unregistered word is automatically registered with the sentence analysis dictionary and to provide a voice reading device using the method.

In a voice reading device 1, in which character information is converted into reading information for voice synthesis in a sentence analysis section 12 using a sentence analysis dictionary 13, the sentence analysis section extracts a word, that is not registered in the sentence analysis dictionary, from the obtained character information. A registration process section 21 retrieves a character string, which is constituted of first continuous characters and an open parenthesis following the characters and second continuous characters and a closed parenthesis and one of the first or the second continuous characters is a Chinese character string corresponding to the unregistered word and the other one is a kana character string, from the character string and extracts the Chinese character string as a registration object word and the kana character string as reading kanas. The registration process section 21 converts the reading kanas of the extracted registration object word into a reading word and registers the extracted registration object word and its reading word with the sentence analysis dictionary.


Inventors:
SATO SHINPEI
Application Number:
JP2005003712A
Publication Date:
July 27, 2006
Filing Date:
January 11, 2005
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Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR
International Classes:
G10L13/08; G10L13/06
Domestic Patent References:
JPH096378A1997-01-10
JPH01300334A1989-12-04
JPH11212586A1999-08-06
JP2001013981A2001-01-19
JP2004301968A2004-10-28
JPH07244491A1995-09-19
JP2003036088A2003-02-07
JP2003302989A2003-10-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kimio Kikutani
Tetsuro Maki
Maki Reiko