JPH02127852A - Voice storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the required capacity of a file by editing the voice data of a routine part of a routine text stored in a common area in the file and the voice data of a variable part stored in a data storage area by a caller to reproduce the message of the routine text. CONSTITUTION:When the voice data of a variable part from a caller is inputted according to a voice guidance, a voice compression and expansion circuit 6 applies a prescribed data compression processing and the result is stored in a data storage area. On the other hand, when a receiver desires to reproduce a message addressed itself, the receiver designates the data storage area assigned to itself and makes a call. The voice compression and expansion circuit 6 reads out the voice data stored in the designated data storage area and when the voice data of the routine part of the routine text is stored, the voice data of the routine part of the relevant routine text is read from a common area 8 in the file 5 and the data is combined with the voice data in the data storage area into a prescribed routine text message and the result is sent to the receiver. Thus, the required capacity of the data storage area is reduced.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a voice storage device connected to a switching network. [Prior Art] FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional audio storage device disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-137354. a switching network to which 3 is connected, 3 constitutes an exchange together with this switching network 2, and a switching control circuit that controls the switching network 2;
41 to 4n are subscriber terminals accommodated in the switching network 2, and 5 is a data storage area 5.5 for storing received messages corresponding to recipients, as shown in FIG. ~5. ．． 6 is a file that converts the message sent by the caller from the subscriber terminals 41 to 41 from analog to digital (hereinafter referred to as A/D conversion), compresses the data and sends it to file 5, and data read from file 5. An audio compression/expansion circuit 7 is connected to the exchange control circuit 3 and controls the audio compression/expansion circuit 6. This is an accumulation control circuit. The operation will now be explained.0 When a caller wishes to convey a message to a desired receiver, the caller sends a message to a predetermined subscriber terminal, for example subscriber terminal 4. Specify the recipient and make a call. When identifying that this call is a call requesting message storage in the voice storage device 1, the switching control circuit 3 controls the switching network 2 to control the subscriber terminal 4. is connected to the audio compression/expansion circuit 6 of the audio storage device l, and the recipient number of the designated recipient is notified to the storage control circuit 7. The audio compression/expansion circuit 6 connects the subscriber terminal 4 via the switching network 2.
．． The message from the sender sent from the sender is A/D converted and subjected to predetermined data compression processing, and the storage control circuit 7 specifies the message assigned to the recipient based on the recipient number. It is stored in a data storage area in file 5, for example data storage area 51. On the other hand, if the recipient wants to play back the message addressed to him/her,
The receiver makes a call by specifying a data storage area, for example, the data storage area 51, in the file 5 allocated to him/her from a predetermined subscriber terminal, for example, the subscriber terminal 42. When the switching control circuit 3 identifies that the call is a call requesting reading of a message from the voice storage device 1, it controls the switching network 2 to send the subscriber terminal 4. is connected to the audio compression/expansion circuit 6, and information on the designated data storage area 51 is notified to the storage control circuit 7. Under the control of the storage control circuit 7, the voice compression/decompression circuit 6 reads out the stored message from the designated data storage area 51, performs predetermined data decompression processing and D/A conversion, and sends it to the switching network 2. do. This message is transmitted to the subscriber terminal 4□ by the switching network 2, and
It is played back as audio data in □. [Problem to be solved by the invention] Since the conventional audio storage device is configured as described above,
For example, even when inputting a fixed form sentence such as a meeting notice, which consists of a fixed part that never changes and a variable part that changes depending on the situation at the time, the caller cannot input all the audio data for the fixed part and the variable part. There was a problem in that a file 5 with a large storage capacity was required. This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems.When inputting a fixed form sentence, just input the variable part, and when it is played back, it can be reproduced as a sentence by combining it with the fixed part. The purpose is to obtain a voice storage device. [Means for Solving the Problems] A voice storage device according to the present invention provides a common area in a file, stores voice data of a fixed form part of a fixed form sentence in this common area in advance, and stores the sound data of a fixed form part of a fixed form sentence in this common area in advance. This system reproduces a fixed-form message by editing the voice data and the variable part of the voice data stored in the data storage area by the sender.

[Effect]

The audio storage device of the present invention separately stores fixed parts of fixed sentences that never change and variable parts that change depending on the situation in a common area and a data storage area in a file, and stores these separately during playback. The fixed form part and variable part are edited and reproduced as a fixed form sentence. [Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1st
In the figure, 1 is a voice storage device, 2 is a switching network, 3 is a switching control circuit, 41 to 4o are subscriber terminals, 5 is a file, and 6
is an audio compression/expansion circuit, 7 is an accumulation control circuit, and the fourth
Since these parts are the same as or equivalent to those in the prior art, which are denoted by the same reference numerals in the figures, detailed explanations will be omitted. Further, 8 is a common area provided in the file 5, in which audio data of a fixed form part of a fixed form sentence is stored. FIG. 2 shows an example of audio data within the common area 8. In the figure, 9a to 9e are, for example, audio data of a fixed form part of a fixed form sentence of a meeting notice. FIG. 3 shows an example of audio data input by a caller. In the same figure, loa to 10d are variable portion audio data corresponding to the fixed portion audio data shown in FIG. These are the applicable data storage areas 5. ~5. accumulated within. Next, the operation will be explained. When a sender wishes to convey a fixed-form message to a desired recipient, the sender sends a message to a predetermined subscriber terminal, such as subscriber terminal 4. A call is made to the voice storage device 1, and after connection is made, the recipient is specified, a notification is sent that a fixed form sentence is to be input, and the number of the fixed form sentence to be input is input. When the switching control circuit 3 identifies that the call is a call requesting message storage in the voice storage device 1, it controls the switching network 2 so that the subscriber terminal 4 can compress and decompress the voice of the voice storage device 1. It is connected to the circuit 6 and notifies the storage control circuit 7 of the recipient number of the designated recipient and the number of the fixed form. Based on the number of the fixed-form sentence, the audio compression/expansion circuit 6 extracts the sound data of the fixed-form part of the corresponding fixed-form sentence stored in the common area 8 of the file 5, for example based on the sound data 9a to 9e shown in FIG. A voice guidance is created and sent to the subscriber terminal 41, and the caller is instructed to input the variable parts that need to be input. When the caller inputs variable portions of voice data, for example, voice data 10a to 10d shown in FIG. 3, according to the voice guidance, the voice compression/expansion circuit 6 converts the data into A/D and performs predetermined data compression processing. The storage control circuit 7 specifies the data storage area assigned to the recipient in the file 5 based on the recipient's number, for example, the data storage area 5.
Accumulate it in 1. On the other hand, if the recipient wants to play the message addressed to him/her,
The recipient is assigned a data storage area, such as data storage area 5. Specify and make a call. When the switching control circuit 3 identifies that the call is a call requesting reading of a message from the voice storage device 1, it controls the switching network 2 and connects the subscriber terminal 4□ to the voice compression/expansion circuit 6. At the same time, information on the designated data storage area 51 is notified to the storage control circuit 7. Audio compression/expansion circuit 6
Under the control of the storage control circuit 7, the audio data stored in the designated data storage area S is read out, subjected to predetermined data expansion processing and D/A conversion, and sent to the switching network 2. At this time, if the data storage area 51 stores the audio data of the fixed part of the fixed sentence, for example, the sound data 10a to 10d shown in FIG. , the audio data of the terrain part of the corresponding fixed-form sentence, for example, the sound data 98 to 9e shown in FIG. , subscriber terminal 4
2 to the recipient. FIG. 4 shows an example of synthesis of such fixed part and variable part audio data. That is, the audio data 9a to 9e stored in the common area 8
and the audio data lOa stored in the data storage area 51.
~1od is 9a. 10a, 9b, 10b, ・=, 10d, 9e are alternately combined in the order of ``Meeting notification.The agenda is about △△ development.The date and time is June 11th 3rd.
It's time. The location is the 2nd floor conference room. The person in charge is Kotsuo Dekoyama. that's all. ” is edited and synthesized into a message in the fixed form. The message synthesized in this way is conveyed to the recipient via the subscriber terminal 42. In the above embodiment, only the voice data of the variable part of the fixed form is transmitted. is input by the caller, but users may also be able to create their own fixed form sentences.In that case, for example, the voice data of the fixed part of the fixed form sentence as shown in Figure 2 may be used. , it will be stored in the data storage area corresponding to the recipient in the file shown in Figure 6. The required capacity of the storage area can be reduced. [Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a common area is provided in a file, and fixed parts of fixed sentences stored in this common area can be saved. Since the system is configured to play back a fixed-form message by editing the voice data and the variable portion of voice data stored in the data storage area by the caller, it has the effect of reducing the required file capacity.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a voice storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of voice data of a fixed form part of a fixed form sentence stored in the common area. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of audio data of a variable part of a fixed form sentence stored in the data storage area; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of synthesis of sound data of a fixed part and a variable part of a fixed form sentence; 5
The figure is a block diagram showing a conventional audio storage device, and FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of its files. 1 is a voice storage device, 2 is a switching network (exchange), 3 is an exchange control circuit (exchange), 4. ~4o is a subscriber terminal, 5 is a file, 5. ~5. is the data storage area, and 6 is the audio compression/
Expansion circuit, 7 storage control circuit, 8 common area, 98~
9e is the audio data of the fixed part, and 10a to 10d are the audio data of the variable part. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Fig. 1 and 41~4n:j] O enter Mengmu Yusong 112 Fig. 90^9e T-shaped commander small sparrow Nate: 9 Fig. 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] Connected to an exchange, voice data from a sender to a recipient is temporarily stored in a data storage area provided in a file corresponding to the recipient, and the data storage area corresponds to a request from the recipient. In the voice storage device which reads the voice data stored in the file and supplies it to the recipient, a common area is provided in the file in which voice data of a fixed form part of a fixed sentence is stored in advance, and the voice data stored in the common area is provided. audio data of the fixed part;
A voice storage device characterized in that when inputting a fixed form sentence, audio data of a variable part of the fixed form sentence accumulated in the data storage area is edited, and the message of the fixed form sentence is reproduced.