JP2000020417A - Information processing method, its device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain information related to a required electronic (E) mail by converting the document of an E mail into a synthetic voice by using retrieved voice synthesis dictionary data. SOLUTION: A mail server 104 copies a mail instructed from a terminal 112 by an operator in a mail storage part 108. A user dictionary extraction part 109 retrieves a dictionary data identification tag previously determined and stored in the text of the mail stored in the mail storage part 108, segments a character string of a part held between tag character strings and copies the segmented character string in a user dictionary storage part 110. A voice synthesis part 105 converts the document stored in the mail storage part 108 into a synthetic voice by using a system dictionary 106 and a user dictionary stored in the storage part 110 and transmits the synthetic voice to the terminal 112.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail reading system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic mail reading system uses a system dictionary to analyze an electronic mail document and generate a synthesized voice. In addition, since it is difficult to accurately read words that are not registered in the system dictionary, a user dictionary is used in addition to the system dictionary.

[0003]

In the conventional method, since the user dictionary is placed on the server, the user needs to access the server to change the contents of the user dictionary, which is troublesome. was there.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention holds an electronic mail received via a communication line, and stores speech synthesis dictionary data contained in the held electronic mail. And an information processing method and apparatus for converting the electronic mail document into synthesized speech using the searched speech synthesis dictionary data, and a storage medium therefor.

[0005] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem of the prior art, the present invention is preferably arranged such that the electronic mail is an electronic mail specified by a terminal connected via a communication line, Is output to the terminal that specified the e-mail.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the present invention, preferably, the synthesized speech is a speech for reading the document.

[0007] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention is preferably information processing in a mail server.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the present invention, preferably, the speech synthesis dictionary data is user dictionary data registered by a user.

[0009] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention preferably provides that the conversion into the synthesized speech uses not only the searched speech synthesis dictionary data but also dictionary data stored in advance. Do it.

[0010] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention is preferably such that the terminal is a telephone.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the present invention, preferably, the speech synthesis dictionary data is a character string included in an e-mail text.

[0012] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention preferably searches for a predetermined character string included in the electronic mail, and converts information following the searched character string into speech synthesis dictionary data. Is determined to be.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the present invention, preferably, the speech synthesis dictionary data is data defining speech information in word units.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention holds an e-mail to be created, creates data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the e-mail, and transmits the created data. Information processing method and apparatus,
The storage medium is provided.

[0015] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the present invention, preferably, the speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted is data relating to a character string included in the created electronic mail.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention is preferably such that the speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted compares the created electronic mail with words of dictionary data stored in advance, Assume that the data is related to a word determined to be included in the e-mail.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the present invention, preferably, the speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted is data selected by an operator.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention holds an electronic mail to be created, creates data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the electronic mail, and transmits the created data. Receiving an e-mail transmitted via a communication line, holding the received e-mail, searching for speech synthesis dictionary data included in the held e-mail, Provided are an information processing method and apparatus for converting the electronic mail document into synthesized speech using data, and a storage medium therefor.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention provides an electronic mail in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into an information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus in which the electronic mail is created via a communication line. An information processing method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail in which the speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted, and a storage medium thereof are provided.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals 101 to 103 denote functional structures in the information processing apparatus as a user as one client.

A user dictionary management unit 101 manages a user dictionary. 102 is a user dictionary. 1
03 is a process of creating an e-mail related to e-mail,
A mail client that controls storage, transmission and reception.

Reference numerals 104 to 110 denote a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus connected to a client or a terminal via a communication line and serving as a server for controlling distribution of mails and the like.

A mail server 104 manages electronic mail. Reference numeral 105 denotes a speech synthesis unit that analyzes an e-mail including a mail header and a mail text, extracts information necessary for speech synthesis, and generates a synthesized speech. 106 is
A system dictionary that is referred to when the speech synthesis unit 105 analyzes to extract information necessary for speech synthesis, and includes various commands for identifying various information of a mail header from an e-mail, and text included in the mail. , And speech data for generating speech in word units from the cut-out sentence. 1
Reference numeral 07 denotes an e-mail database that stores e-mails that have arrived at the server via the communication line. Reference numeral 108 denotes a mail holding unit that holds an e-mail selected and called from the e-mail database 107 for processing by the system. Reference numeral 109 denotes a user dictionary extraction unit that performs a process of extracting a user dictionary attached to the electronic mail stored in the mail storage unit 108. 110 is
The user dictionary holding unit holds the user dictionary extracted by the user dictionary extraction unit 109. Reference numeral 111 denotes a communication line such as a public line network or a LAN. Reference numeral 112 denotes a terminal that can access a server or an information processing device on the user side via a communication network 111 such as a telephone. The terminal 112 is provided with a keyboard such as a numeric keypad for the operator to input various instructions. Even a terminal other than a telephone is provided with a speaker that outputs sound in addition to a keyboard. When the user confirms the mail addressed to himself stored in the server, the user accesses the server with this terminal 112 and obtains desired information.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for creating a mail in the client-side information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In step S201, the mail creator creates a mail using the mail client 103. An e-mail can be created by inputting the text of the e-mail text using the keyboard of the client-side information processing device, and also inputting the e-mail address or subject of the e-mail destination as the e-mail header using the keyboard. FIG. 4 shows an example of the mail created in S201. The mail is displayed on the display screen of the client-side information processing device as shown in FIG. 4, and is created on this display screen. The destination e-mail address is displayed after "To", the character string input by the mail creator is displayed after "Subject", and the mail text follows. The character string following "From" indicating the sender information of the mail is
Automatic insertion may be performed by registering in advance. FIG.
Each character string input in the format shown in (1) is sent to the server managing the address of the destination with an identifier added as a header or body. When the creation of the mail is completed, the process proceeds to S202, and the mail creator presses the soft key displayed on the display screen or the send button of the mail on the keyboard. This is an instruction to send a mail to the destination for the mail selected at the time the button is pressed.

In step S203, the user dictionary management unit 1
01 attaches the data of the user dictionary 102 to the mail created in step S201. The data in the user dictionary can be attached by inserting it into the mail body as a character code. When a plurality of users use the information processing apparatus on the user side, or when a plurality of user dictionaries are registered for different purposes, dictionary data to be attached may be selected. Here, the user dictionary data in which tags are inserted before and after the dictionary data is usually inserted at the end of the mail body so that the server can identify in which part of the mail the user dictionary data is written. In the example of FIG. 5, “*****” is used as the tag at the beginning of the user dictionary data.
begin user dic ***** "and" ***** end us
er dic ***** ". This tag is a character string that is determined in advance by an application that synthesizes mail by voice.
1 is stored in advance.

When the insertion processing of the user dictionary data is completed, in step S204, the mail client 103 transmits a mail with the user dictionary data attached.

The user dictionary data attached to the mail is a group of characters including a heading, a reading method, and an accent for each word as shown in FIG. The headline character string is included in the text of the mail, etc., and is a character string that can be subjected to speech synthesis. This is a character string that indicates the accent position when the reading occurs.
For example, in the example of the first word in FIG. 5, if there is a character string “concave” in the text, the voice “kobukobu” is synthesized with an O-type accent. Is dictionary data indicating a speech synthesis rule. In the example of FIG. 5, character strings indicating “heading”, “how to read”, and “accent”, which are types of each dictionary data, are not inserted, but by arranging data in the case of attaching dictionary data in advance, It is not necessary to insert a character string indicating the type of each data. These user dictionary data are input and registered by a user using a keyboard.

In the above-described S203, the form in which the entire user dictionary is attached to the mail has been described. However, the dictionary data to be attached may be only information on words appearing in the mail. For example, in the example of FIG.
Only the dictionary data relating to the two words of "Jun" and "Jun" need to be selected and attached to the mail.
ATENT, "Hakkaisan" and "mogul" need not be attached. The choice of the word to be attached is determined by the mail creator.
A list of words registered in the user dictionary when the mail is created in 201 is called from the user dictionary 102 and displayed, and the operator can select a word to be attached by key operation, or in S203, the user dictionary management A unit 101 includes a text included in an email and a user dictionary 102
May be compared with the heading of a word registered in the text, and a word included in the text may be identified and selected as a word to be attached.

In S203, the user dictionary management unit 101 performs the process of attaching the user dictionary to the mail without the confirmation of the operator.
A message for confirming whether or not to attach the user dictionary before sending the mail may be displayed, and whether or not to send the mail with the user dictionary attached may be switched in accordance with an instruction of the operator in response to the message. Also, by performing this confirmation before the processing of S203, unnecessary processing of attaching the user dictionary can be omitted, so that the processing time until mail transmission can be reduced. The operator can input information indicating whether or not the user dictionary needs to be attached at the time of creating a mail in S201, so that the above-described confirmation operation can be omitted.

When the user dictionary is not attached to the mail to be transmitted, information indicating that the user dictionary is not attached is attached to the mail, and the process of extracting the user dictionary in the server-side process described below (S302). It can be simplified. Information indicating that the user dictionary is not attached is stored as attribute information added to the mail as a character string such as “no user dic”.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in which a mail is read out by a synthetic voice in the server-side information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. The present process is started in response to an instruction to read a mail from the terminal 112 to the server via the communication line 111.

In step S301, the mail server 104 copies the mail specified by the operator using the terminal 112 to the mail holding unit 108.

The instruction of the mail is based on the user identification information input by the key after the operator (the person instructing the reading of the mail) connects the line to the electronic mail server from the terminal and the information in the mail of the user. The information is specified by the information for identifying the mail stored second. The user identification information is an I consisting of several digits registered in advance.
The server side manages this ID code and the user's e-mail address in association with each other so that the operability when the operator inputs the user identification information is improved, and the server is addressed to the operator. Can be identified.

In S302, the user dictionary retrieval unit 109
"***** begin user dic *" which is a tag for dictionary data identification which is predetermined and held in the body of the mail held in the mail holding unit 108.
"****" and "***** ender dic *****" are searched, and a character string between these tag character strings is cut out and copied to the user dictionary holding unit 110.
Here, first, it is determined whether or not information indicating that the user dictionary is not attached is attached to the mail. If it is determined that the user dictionary is not attached, a search for the tag for identifying the dictionary data is performed. The process proceeds to S303 without performing the process.

In step S 303, the voice synthesizing unit 105 converts the document in the mail storage unit 108 into a synthesized voice using the system dictionary 106 and the user dictionary stored in the user dictionary storage unit 110, and transmits the synthesized voice to the terminal 112. The conversion of the document into synthesized speech is performed by analyzing the header and mail body of the mail to be read out, dividing the word into words, reading the dictionary data of each word from the system dictionary 106 and the user dictionary 110, and reading the dictionary data specified by the dictionary data. And output with accents.

During or after transmission of the synthesized voice, the terminal 11
When an instruction to read another mail is issued from Step 2, the processing from S301 to S303 is repeated for the instructed mail. Here, when it is determined that the user dictionary to be newly taken out is the data already held in the user dictionary holding unit 110, the user dictionary taking out process can be omitted. This determination can be made by determining whether or not the sender of the electronic mail to be extracted from the user dictionary matches the sender of the already processed mail.

When the line with the terminal 112 is disconnected, it is determined that the speech synthesis processing for the user has been completed, and the dictionary data copied to the user dictionary holding unit 110 is deleted.

The present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices or to an apparatus constituted by a single device. A recording medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus executes the program code stored in the recording medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by executing the reading. Needless to say, the processing shown in the above-described flowcharts is also realized by these program codes.

In this case, the program code itself read from the recording medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the recording medium on which the program code is recorded constitutes the present invention.

As a recording medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flow disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS or the like running on the computer is executed based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that a part or all of the above-described processing is performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the recording medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs a part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Holding the e-mail received via the communication line, searching for speech synthesis dictionary data included in the held e-mail, and using the searched speech synthesis dictionary data to synthesize the e-mail document into synthesized speech By converting to
Using the speech synthesis dictionary data managed on the client side, an appropriate electronic mail can be converted into synthesized speech.

As described above, according to the present invention, the electronic mail is an electronic mail specified by a terminal connected via a communication line, and the converted synthesized voice is specified by the electronic mail. By outputting the information to the terminal, the information about the desired e-mail can be obtained by the terminal via the communication line.

As described above, according to the present invention, the synthesized voice is a voice for reading the document, so that an appropriate e-mail can be read using the voice synthesis dictionary data managed on the client side. It can be performed.

As described above, the present invention is an invention relating to information processing in a mail server.
The conversion to the synthesized speech in the mail server can be accurately performed using the speech synthesis dictionary data managed on the client side.

As described above, according to the present invention, the speech synthesis dictionary data is the user dictionary data registered by the user, so that the user-synthesized dictionary data can be appropriately created by using the user-specific information created for each user. It is possible to synthesize a simple voice.

As described above, according to the present invention, the conversion into the synthesized speech is performed by using not only the searched speech synthesis dictionary data but also dictionary data stored in advance. The dictionary data to be used in common is stored in advance, and only the dictionary data specific to the e-mail is extracted from the e-mail and used, so that at least the dictionary data attached to the e-mail can be synthesized with an appropriate voice. it can.

As described above, according to the present invention, by using the terminal as a telephone, it is possible to obtain desired information on e-mail even when the terminal is away from the device holding the e-mail. .

As described above, according to the present invention, the speech synthesis dictionary data is a character string included in the body of the e-mail, so that a special storage format is used for transmitting the speech synthesis dictionary data. There is no need to transmit and receive dictionary data easily and reliably.

As described above, according to the present invention, a predetermined character string included in the electronic mail is searched, and information subsequent to the searched character string is determined to be speech synthesis dictionary data. Thus, the dictionary data can be reliably identified without preparing a special format for storing the dictionary data.

As described above, according to the present invention, the speech synthesis dictionary data is data defining speech information in word units, thereby managing and attaching desired dictionary data in word units. be able to.

As described above, according to the present invention, by holding an e-mail to be created, creating data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the e-mail, and transmitting the created data Speech synthesis dictionary data managed only on the e-mail transmission side can be provided to the e-mail transmission destination as needed.

As described above, according to the present invention, the speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted is data relating to a character string included in the created e-mail, so that necessary dictionary data can be selectively selected. Since the transmission can be performed, it is possible to prevent the transmission data amount from being unnecessarily increased.

As described above, according to the present invention, the speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted is included in the electronic mail by comparing the created electronic mail with words of dictionary data stored in advance. Since the necessary words are automatically determined and sent by using the data relating to the words determined as, an efficient amount of data can be automatically created.

As described above, according to the present invention, the speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted is the data selected by the operator, so that only the dictionary data desired by the operator is selectively transmitted. be able to.

As described above, according to the present invention, an e-mail to be created is held, data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the e-mail is created, and the created data is transmitted. Receiving the e-mail sent over the line, holding the received e-mail,
The client-side management is performed by retrieving speech synthesis dictionary data included in the retained e-mail and converting the e-mail document into synthesized speech using the searched speech synthesis dictionary data. Speech synthesis dictionary data can be sent to the destination as needed, and an appropriate electronic mail can be converted into synthesized speech using the sent speech synthesis dictionary data.

As described above, according to the present invention, an e-mail in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted is transmitted to an information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus in which the e-mail is created, via a communication line. An e-mail that receives an e-mail in which the speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted, thereby enabling appropriate conversion of the e-mail into synthesized speech based on the speech synthesis dictionary data managed on the client side. Can be transmitted and received.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a mail creation processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for reading out a mail with synthesized voice according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a mail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a mail to which a user dictionary is attached according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a user dictionary according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (36)

[Claims] An electronic mail received via a communication line is held, a voice synthesis dictionary data included in the held electronic mail is searched, and the electronic mail is used by using the searched voice synthesis dictionary data. An information processing method characterized by converting a document into a synthesized speech. 2. The electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail is an electronic mail specified by a terminal connected via a communication line, and the converted synthesized voice is output to the terminal that specified the electronic mail. The information processing method according to claim 1. 3. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the synthesized voice is a voice that reads out the document. 4. The information processing method according to claim 1,
This is an information processing method in the mail server. 5. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the speech synthesis dictionary data is user dictionary data registered by a user. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conversion into the synthesized speech is performed using not only the searched speech synthesis dictionary data but also dictionary data stored in advance. Method. 7. The information processing method according to claim 2, wherein the terminal is a telephone. 8. The speech synthesis dictionary data is a character string included in an e-mail text.
An information processing method according to claim 1. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined character string included in the electronic mail is searched, and information following the searched character string is determined to be speech synthesis dictionary data. Information processing method. 10. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein said speech synthesis dictionary data is data defining speech information in word units. 11. An information processing method comprising: holding an e-mail to be created; creating data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the e-mail; and transmitting the created data. 12. The speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted,
12. The information processing method according to claim 11, wherein the data is data relating to a character string included in the created e-mail. 13. The speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted,
12. The information processing method according to claim 11, wherein the created e-mail is compared with words in dictionary data stored in advance, and the data is used as data relating to a word determined to be included in the e-mail. 14. The speech synthesis dictionary data to be inserted,
12. The information processing method according to claim 11, wherein the data is selected by an operator. 15. An electronic mail that holds an electronic mail to be created, creates data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the electronic mail, transmits the created data, and sends the electronic mail via a communication line. Holding the received e-mail, searching for speech synthesis dictionary data included in the held e-mail, and using the searched speech synthesis dictionary data to synthesize the e-mail document into synthesized speech. An information processing method, comprising: 16. An electronic mail in which the voice synthesis dictionary data is inserted is transmitted to an information processing device different from the information processing device in which the electronic mail is created through a communication line, and the electronic mail in which the voice synthesis dictionary data is inserted is provided. An information processing method characterized by receiving a mail. 17. An electronic mail holding unit for holding an electronic mail received via a communication line, and a voice synthesis dictionary data search for searching voice synthesis dictionary data included in the electronic mail held by the electronic mail holding unit. An information processing apparatus, comprising: speech synthesis means for converting the electronic mail document into synthesized speech using speech synthesis dictionary data searched by the speech synthesis dictionary data search means. 18. The electronic mail for retrieving speech synthesis dictionary data by the speech synthesis dictionary data search means is an email specified by a terminal connected via a communication line, and is converted by the speech synthesis means. 18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising output control means for controlling the synthesized voice to be output to the terminal which specified the electronic mail. 19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the synthesized voice is a voice that reads out the document. 20. The information processing device according to claim 17, wherein the information processing device is a mail server. 21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the speech synthesis dictionary data is user dictionary data registered by a user. 22. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said speech synthesizing means performs conversion into synthesized speech using not only the searched speech synthesis dictionary data but also dictionary data stored in advance. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 23. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said terminal is a telephone. 24. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the speech synthesis dictionary data is a character string included in an electronic mail text. 25. The speech synthesis dictionary data search means,
The apparatus further includes a character string search unit that searches for a predetermined character string included in the e-mail, and determines that information following the character string searched by the character string search unit is speech synthesis dictionary data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein 26. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said speech synthesis dictionary data is data defining speech information in word units. 27. An e-mail holding unit for holding an e-mail to be created, a creating unit for creating data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the e-mail held by the e-mail holding unit, and the creating unit Transmitting means for transmitting the data created by the information processing apparatus. 28. The information processing apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the creation unit selectively inserts data relating to a character string included in the electronic mail held in the electronic mail holding unit. 29. The creating means compares the created email with words in dictionary data stored in advance, and selectively inserts data relating to words determined to be included in the email. The information processing apparatus according to claim 27, wherein: 30. The information processing apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said creating means selectively inserts data specified by an operator. 31. An e-mail holding unit for holding an e-mail to be created, a creating unit for creating data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the e-mail held in the e-mail holding unit, and the creating unit Transmitting means for transmitting data created by the above, receiving means for receiving an e-mail transmitted via a communication line, received e-mail holding means for holding the e-mail received by the receiving means, A voice synthesis dictionary data search unit that searches for voice synthesis dictionary data included in the electronic mail held by the electronic mail holding unit; and the electronic mail using the voice synthesis dictionary data searched by the voice synthesis dictionary data search unit. An information processing apparatus comprising: a voice synthesizing unit that converts a document into a synthesized voice. 32. A transmitting means for transmitting, via a communication line, the electronic mail in which the voice synthesis dictionary data has been inserted to an information processing device different from the information processing device in which the electronic mail has been created; Receiving means for receiving the received e-mail. 33. A storage medium readable by a computer, comprising: a program code for holding an e-mail received via a communication line; and a speech synthesis dictionary data included in the held e-mail. And a program code for converting the electronic mail document into synthesized speech using the searched speech synthesis dictionary data. 34. A storage medium readable by a computer, comprising: a program code for holding an electronic mail to be created; and a program code for creating data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the electronic mail. A storage medium storing a program code for transmitting the created data. 35. A storage medium readable by a computer, comprising: a program code for holding an electronic mail to be created; and a program code for creating data in which speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted into the electronic mail. A program code for transmitting the created data, a program code for receiving an e-mail transmitted via a communication line, a program code for holding the received e-mail, A program code for retrieving speech synthesis dictionary data contained in the retained e-mail, and a program code for converting the e-mail document into synthesized speech using the retrieved speech synthesis dictionary data are stored. Storage media. 36. A storage medium readable by a computer, wherein the electronic mail in which the speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted is transmitted via a communication line to an information processing device different from the information processing device in which the electronic mail was created. And a program code for receiving an electronic mail in which the speech synthesis dictionary data is inserted.