JP2000330996A - Pronouncing electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the pronouncing electronic dictionary which can pronounce the actual pronunciation contents of an explanation faithfully to dictionary data so that the actual pronunciation contents match explanation contents even when the explanation for a way of special reading and pronouncing is entered into the dictionary. SOLUTION: Data for pronunciation matched with a way of special reading and pronouning to an example sentence and a phrase wherein an explanation for the way of special reading and pronouncing, etc., is entered are stored and when a part of dictionary data retrieved by a data retrieving means 2 is specified and pronounced, pronunciation data are generated by sending data for corresponding pronunciation to a text pronouncing means 7 instead of specified dictionary data in the case the specified dictionary data has the data for pronunciation, so the pronunciation data can be replaced irrelevantly to displayed character data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary having a pronunciation function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pronunciation electronic dictionary is equipped with text pronunciation means using a text-to-speech synthesis technique for generating pronunciation data from a text character string in accordance with a basic rule of a specific language. A function was provided in which the words were pronounced by inputting the columns into the text pronunciation means. In particular, a pronunciation electronic dictionary that is a medium-sized pronunciation dictionary that does not include the entire dictionary data of a book, and that can pronounce even example sentences has already been commercialized.

[0003]

In a pronunciation electronic dictionary that includes the entire data of an existing book version of a dictionary, special reading methods and pronunciations are described, for example, in example sentences, phrases, and English translation words in a Japanese-English dictionary. The commentary is described.
When such special reading and pronunciation data is input to the text pronunciation means, the text pronunciation means uses text-to-speech technology that generates pronunciation data from character strings in accordance with the basic rules of the specific language. Special reading cannot be played. Then, the pronunciation content described in the dictionary did not match the actual pronunciation content, and the pronunciation could not be made correctly.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method in which even if a commentary that describes a special way of reading or pronounced in a dictionary is described, the actual pronunciation of the commentary matches the commentary, It is an object of the present invention to provide a pronunciation electronic dictionary capable of correctly producing pronunciation according to dictionary data.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method of using dictionary data composed of at least a headword and a translated word and corresponding to at least the dictionary data when the dictionary data is pronounced. Dictionary data storage means for pre-stored pronunciation data to be generated, data search means for searching for any data from the dictionary data storage means, and display means for visually displaying the dictionary data searched by the data search means. Data designating means for designating a part of the dictionary data, text pronunciation means for reproducing pronunciation from the designated dictionary data, and pronunciation data corresponding to the designated dictionary data are stored. In this case, the text sounding means replaces the data so that the sound is reproduced from the sounding data instead of the data displayed by the display means. And a configuration in which a replacement unit.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the pronunciation electronic dictionary configured as described above, when a part of the dictionary data searched by the data search means is designated for pronunciation, the designated dictionary data has pronunciation data. In this case, the pronunciation data corresponding to the designated dictionary data is sent to the text pronunciation means to generate the pronunciation data, so that the pronunciation data can be replaced regardless of the displayed character data.

[0007] By the above operation, even if a commentary that describes a special way of reading or pronounced in the dictionary is described, the actual pronunciation content of the commentary matches the commentary content, and faithfully matches the dictionary data. It is possible to provide a pronunciation electronic dictionary that can make pronunciation.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the present invention. The external input unit 1 sends character data and various control instructions to the data search unit 2. Based on an instruction from the external input means 1, necessary data is searched from the dictionary data storage means 3 via the data search means 2, and the display means 5 displays the dictionary data. Here, the dictionary data retrieved from the dictionary data storage means 3 may have pronunciation data corresponding to the dictionary data.

[0009] A cursor display for designating one example sentence in the dictionary data and an instruction to move the cursor are sent from the external input means 1 to the data designating means 4. Data specifying means 4
Specifies the example sentence at the position where the cursor is displayed.
At this time, the data specifying unit 4 sends the dictionary data storage unit 3
The pronunciation data corresponding to the specified example sentence is also specified.

When a pronunciation instruction is sent from the external input means 1, the character string of the specified example sentence is about to be sent to the pronunciation replacement means 6, but the pronunciation corresponding to the example sentence specified from the dictionary data storage means 3 is performed. If there is data for use, it is sent to the sound exchange means 6. According to the presence or absence of pronunciation data from the dictionary data storage means 3, if there is pronunciation data, the pronunciation replacing means 6 converts the pronunciation data, not the data specified by the display means 5, but the text pronunciation means. Send to 7. The text sounding means 7 generates sounding data from the sent character string in accordance with the English rules, and sends sound data to the sounding means 8 to be sounded.

At this time, if there is pronunciation data from the dictionary data storage means 3, it is an example sentence that requires attention in how to read and pronounce it. If the dictionary data to be specified uses foreign words or onomatopoeia such as example sentences, phrases, or headwords and the text pronunciation means cannot be correctly pronounced from a character string, the pronunciation data is converted to the pronunciation for the text pronunciation means only. If a symbol is created and stored in association with data to be displayed, correct pronunciation can be reproduced regardless of the language on which the text pronunciation means is based.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a pronunciation electronic dictionary according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a keyboard diagram of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention. The external input means 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises the character data input keys 31 and the control instruction keys 32 shown in FIG. The data designating means 5 shown in FIG. 1 shifts to a state in which a pronunciation word is designated by the pronunciation key 33 in FIG. 3, and a cursor key 34 is used to move a cursor to designate an example sentence to be pronounced. In this case, all words of the designated example sentence are treated as a sequence of pronunciation data.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a display example corresponding to the operation of the operation flowchart of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the display example of FIG.

A spelling of a word is input by a character input + search instruction 40, and a search execution instruction is issued. A display example at this time is indicated by reference numeral 51 in FIG.
Shown in Upon receiving the search execution instruction, a search operation 41 is performed. The dictionary data searched in the search operation 41 is displayed on the display 42. A display example at this time is shown at 52 in FIG. Thereafter, by performing an example sentence designation instruction operation 43, 5 in FIG.
The display shifts as indicated by 3 → 54 → 55. In the display state 55 for designating an example sentence, a cursor (in this case, using a triangle) is displayed at the example sentence on the top line in the display. At this point, the example sentence designation 44 has been performed for the example sentence with the cursor. At this time, if pronunciation data corresponding to the example sentence with the cursor is stored in the dictionary data storage means 3 of FIG. 1, the pronunciation data is also specified. The example sentence designation 44 can be performed on the example sentence displayed as indicated by 55 in FIG. 5 by moving the cursor by the example sentence designation instruction operation 43.

When the pronunciation instruction 45 is given while the example sentence designation 44 of 55 in FIG.
Are sent to the pronunciation replacing means 6. At this time, whether or not there is sound generation data from the dictionary data storage means 3 in FIG. If there is no pronunciation data corresponding to the designated example sentence, pronunciation data generation 48 is performed using the character string of the designated example sentence. If there is pronunciation data corresponding to the designated example sentence, the character data displayed in the designated example sentence is not used, and the pronunciation data generation 48 is performed using the pronunciation data. The pronunciation data generation 48 is performed according to the rules of the language of the text pronunciation means, and the pronunciation data is generated. The sound data generated by the sound data generator 48 is sent to the sound generator 8 in FIG. A display example at this time is shown at 56 in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing replacement of example sentence character strings by the operation of the operation flowchart of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0017]

As described above, a dictionary in which at least dictionary data composed of at least a headword and a translated word and pronunciation data used at the time of pronunciation of the dictionary data corresponding to at least the dictionary data are stored in advance. Data storage means, data search means for searching for arbitrary data from the dictionary data storage means, display means for visually displaying dictionary data searched by the data search means, and designation of a part of dictionary data Data designating means, text pronunciation means for reproducing pronunciation from the designated dictionary data, and when pronunciation data corresponding to the designated dictionary data is stored, the text pronunciation means displays the data. Means for replacing the data so that the pronunciation is reproduced from the data for pronunciation instead of the data displayed by the means. Therefore, if a part of the dictionary data searched by the data search means is specified and pronounced, if the dictionary data has pronunciation data, the pronunciation data corresponding to the specified dictionary data is replaced with text data. Since the sounding means is sent to generate sounding data, the sounding data can be replaced regardless of the character data being displayed.

Due to the above-described operation, even if a commentary that describes a special way of reading or pronounced in the dictionary is described, the actual pronunciation content of the commentary matches the commentary content and correctly matches the dictionary data. It is possible to provide a pronunciation electronic dictionary that can make pronunciation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a pronunciation electronic dictionary according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a keyboard diagram of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a display example corresponding to the operation of the operation flowchart of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing replacement of example sentence character strings by the operation of the operation flowchart of the pronunciation electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 External input means 2 Search means 3 Dictionary data storage means 4 Data designation means 5 Display means 6 Sound replacement means 7 Text sound means 8 Sound means 31 Character data input keys 32 Control instruction keys 33 Sound keys 34 Cursor keys 40 Character input + search Instruction 41 Search operation 42 Display 43 Example sentence designation instruction operation 44 Example sentence designation 45 Pronunciation instruction 46 Pronunciation data exists (judgment) 47 Pronunciation replacement 48 Pronunciation data generation 49 Voice data transmission 50 Pronunciation 51 Character input + search instruction display example 52 Dictionary data Display example of display 53, 54, 55 Example of display of example sentence designation instruction operation 56 Example of display of pronunciation of example sentence 60 Original example sentence showing replacement of example sentence by operation of embodiment according to the present invention 61 Example of embodiment according to the present invention Pronunciation data showing replacement of example sentences by action 62 Examples pronunciation content pronunciation data showing the replacement of sentences according to the operation of the embodiment according to the replacement original sentence pronunciation content 63 present invention showing the example sentence by the operation of the

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Dictionary data storage means which stores in advance dictionary data composed of at least a headword and a translated word, and pronunciation data used at the time of pronunciation of the dictionary data corresponding to at least the dictionary data, A data search unit for searching for arbitrary data from the dictionary data storage unit; a display unit for visually displaying the dictionary data searched by the data search unit; a data designating unit for designating a part of the dictionary data; Text pronunciation means for reproducing pronunciation from the designated dictionary data; and when pronunciation data corresponding to the designated dictionary data is stored, the text pronunciation means displays on the display means. Sound-exchange means for exchanging data so as to reproduce a sound from the sound-producing data instead of data. Pronunciation electronic dictionary.