JP2001350495A - Voice message recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of cumbersome procedures required to reproduce a desired voice message from recorded contents. SOLUTION: The device is provided with a voice/character string converting section 12 which converts a voice message into a character string data, a character string memory 13 which stores the character string data, a keyboard 17 which is used to input the character string data that are retrieved objects corresponding to a desired voice message, a retrieval section 18 which retrieves the character string data, that are inputted through the keyboard 17 and are retrieval objects, from the storage contents of the memory 13, a character string/voice converting section 15 which successively reads the stored contents after the character string data that are retrieval objects from the memory 13 and converts the character string data that are successively read into a voice message based on the retrieval result of the retrieval section 18 and a voice output section 16 which voice outputs the converted voice message.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing a voice message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, according to such a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus, when recording the content of a conference, for example, the content of the conference which is the voice message is sequentially collected, and the sequentially collected voice message is recorded. Are recorded sequentially.

Further, according to this voice message recording / reproducing apparatus, the recorded content can be reproduced at any time after the recording.

[0004]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional voice message recording / reproducing apparatus, when a desired voice message is reproduced from the recorded content, the desired voice message is searched for from the recorded content. There was a problem that the content had to be listened to again from the beginning in the same time as the recording time, which was very time-consuming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus capable of directly reproducing a desired voice message from recorded content by a simple operation. Is to provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a voice / character string converter for converting a voice message into character string data.
A character string memory for storing character string data converted by the voice / character string conversion unit; a keyboard for inputting character string data to be searched for a desired voice message; A search unit that searches for character string data from the stored contents of the character string memory; and based on the search result of the search unit, sequentially reads the stored contents after the character string data to be searched from the character string memory. It has a character string / speech conversion unit for converting column data into a voice message, and a voice output unit for outputting the voice message converted by the character string / voice conversion unit.

Therefore, according to the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the voice message is converted into character string data, and the converted character string data is stored in the character string memory, and the desired voice message is input from the keyboard. Enter the character string data of the search target corresponding to, search the character string data of the search target from the character string memory, and based on the search result, the character string data that is the storage content after the character string data of the search target Are sequentially read from the character string memory, and the character string data is converted to a voice message and output as voice. Therefore, even if the recorded content is not heard again from the beginning, the desired voice message words can be searched. With a simple operation of simply inputting as character string data, a desired voice message can be directly reproduced from the recorded content. That.

[0008] The voice message recording / playback apparatus of the present invention comprises:
A voice / character string converter for converting a voice message into character string data; a character string memory for storing character string data converted by the voice / character string converter; When the words of the message are converted into character string data to be searched, a search unit for searching the character string data to be searched from the stored contents of the string memory, and a character to be searched based on the search result of the search unit. The storage contents subsequent to the column data are sequentially read from the character string memory, and a character string / voice conversion unit that converts the sequentially read character string data into a voice message, and a voice message converted by the character string / voice conversion unit And an audio output unit for outputting audio.

Therefore, according to the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the voice message is converted into character string data, and the character string data is stored in a character string memory.
Input the desired voice message words, convert the desired voice message words into character string data to be searched,
The character string data to be searched is searched from the character string memory, and based on the search result, the character string data as the storage contents after the character string data to be searched is sequentially read out from the character string memory, and the character string data is read out. Since it is converted to a voice message and output as voice, it is easy to input the words of the desired voice message by voice without having to listen to the recorded content again from the beginning. Can be directly reproduced.

[0010] The voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention comprises:
The search unit counts the number of searches related to the character string data searched for by the search unit, and counts the number of counts for each character string data to be searched.

Therefore, according to the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the number of searches relating to the searched character string data is counted, and the counts for each of the searched character string data are totaled. Therefore, for example, the number of broadcasts per day can be easily counted.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A voice message recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus shown in a first embodiment.

An audio message recording / reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
0 denotes a voice input unit 11 for collecting a voice message, a voice / character string conversion unit 12 for converting a voice message collected by the voice input unit 11 into character string data, and a voice / character string conversion unit 12. A character string memory 13 for storing character string data converted by the conversion, a memory control unit 14 for reading and controlling character string data stored in the character string memory 13, and a character string data read by the memory control unit 14. To a voice message, a voice output unit 16 for outputting the voice message converted by the voice / voice conversion unit 15, and a character to be searched for a desired voice message word. A keyboard 17 for inputting as string data, and a search unit 18 for searching character string data to be searched for input from the keyboard 17 from contents stored in the character string memory 13
And controls the memory control unit 14 so as to sequentially read out the stored contents after the character string data to be searched from the character string memory 13 based on the search result of the search unit 18. Control unit 19
And

Next, the operation of the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment will be described.

First, an operation for recording a voice message in the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 10 will be described.

The voice input unit 11 picks up a voice message and transmits the voice message to the voice / character string conversion unit 12. The voice / character string converter 12 encodes the voice message and converts it into character string data, and sequentially stores the character string data in the character string memory 13.

As described above, the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 1
According to 0, the voice message is recorded by storing the voice message as character string data in the character string memory 13.

Further, an operation for reproducing a desired voice message from the voice message recorded in the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 10 will be described.

When a voice message at a desired location is reproduced from the voice message being recorded in the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 10, words relating to the voice message at the desired location, such as words and phrases used at the desired location, are searched. The character string data to be input is input to the keyboard 17.

The control unit 19 transmits the character string data to be searched from the keyboard 17 to the search unit 18. Search unit 1
8 stores the character string data to be searched in the character string memory 13.
, And transmits the search result to the control unit 19. The control unit 19 controls the memory control unit 14 based on the search result so as to read out the stored contents after the search target character string data from the character string memory 13.

The memory control unit 14 sequentially reads out the stored contents after the character string data to be searched from the character string memory 13 based on the control operation of the control unit 19, and converts the read character string data into character string / voice conversion. Transmitted to the unit 15.

The character string / speech conversion unit 15 converts the character string data into a voice message, and outputs the voice message from the voice output unit 16 as voice.

According to the first embodiment, the voice message is converted into character string data, and the converted character string data is stored in the character string memory 13 and is stored in the keyboard 17.
, A word relating to a desired voice message is input as character string data to be searched, and the character string data to be searched is searched from the character string memory 13. The stored character string data is sequentially read from the character string memory 13, and the character string data is converted into a voice message and output as voice. Therefore, a desired content can be obtained without re-listening the recorded content from the beginning. With a simple operation of simply inputting the words of a voice message as character string data as a search target, a desired voice message can be directly reproduced from the recorded content.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus according to a second embodiment. The same components as those of the voice message recording / reproducing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the configuration and operation is omitted.

Voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 2 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a mode setting unit that has a voice input unit 11, a voice / character string conversion unit 12, a character string memory 13, a memory control unit 14, a character string / voice conversion unit 15, and a voice output unit 16, and sets a playback mode. 21, when a voice message is picked up from the voice input unit 11 during the setting of the reproduction mode, the word of the desired voice message is set as a search target, and the voice / character string conversion unit 12 searches the search target word. And a search unit 22 for searching the character string data from the storage contents of the character string memory 13 and controlling the entire voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 10. The memory control unit 1 is configured to sequentially read the storage contents after the character string data to be searched from the character string memory 13
And a control unit 23 for controlling the control unit 4.

Next, the operation of the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 20 according to the second embodiment for reproducing a voice message at a desired position from a voice message being recorded will be described.

The control section 23 sets the reproduction mode in the voice / character string conversion section 12 in accordance with the setting of the reproduction mode from the mode setting section 21. This voice / character string conversion unit 12
When the reproduction mode is set, the converted character string data is transmitted to the search unit 22 instead of transmitting the converted character string data to the character string memory 13.

That is, when the reproduction mode is set in the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 20, the user inputs words relating to a desired voice message. The voice / character string conversion unit 12 during the setting of the reproduction mode converts the words of the desired voice message into character string data to be searched, and transmits the character string data to the search unit 22.

The search unit 22 searches the character string memory 13 for the character string data to be searched, and transmits the search result to the control unit 23. The control unit 23 controls the memory control unit 14 based on the search result so as to read out the stored contents after the search target character string data from the character string memory 13.

The memory control unit 14 sequentially reads out the stored contents after the character string data to be searched from the character string memory 13 based on the control operation of the control unit 23, and converts the read character string data into character string / voice conversion. Transmitted to the unit 15.

The character string / voice conversion unit 15 converts the character string data into a voice message, and outputs the voice message from the voice output unit 16 as voice.

According to the second embodiment, the voice message is converted into character string data, the character string data is stored in the character string memory 13, a desired voice message word is input, and the search is performed. The target word is converted into character string data, the character string data to be searched is searched from the character string memory 13, and based on the search result, character string data that is the storage content after the character string data to be searched is stored. Since the character string data is sequentially read out from the character string memory 13 and converted to a voice message to be output as voice, a desired voice message word can be searched for without re-listening the recorded content from the beginning. With a simple operation of inputting as character string data, a desired voice message can be directly reproduced from the recorded content.

The control unit 1 of the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus 10 (20) shown in the first or second embodiment.
On 9 (23), the number of searches related to the searched character string data to be searched is counted, and the number of counts for each character string data to be searched is totaled. Can be summed up.

[0035]

According to the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, the character string data can be searched for the desired voice message words without re-listening the recorded content from the beginning. With a simple operation of simply inputting with a keyboard, a desired voice message can be directly reproduced from the recorded content.

Further, according to the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, a simple operation of inputting a desired voice message word as a search target by voice can be performed without re-listening the recorded content from the beginning. A desired voice message can be directly reproduced from the recorded content.

Further, according to the voice message recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the number of searches relating to the searched character string data is counted, and the counts for each of the searched character string data are totaled. Therefore, for example, the number of broadcasts per day can be easily counted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside a voice message recording / reproducing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 voice message recording / reproducing device 11 voice input unit 12 voice / character string conversion unit 13 character string memory 14 memory control unit 15 character string / voice conversion unit 16 voice output unit 17 keyboard 18 search unit 19 control unit 20 voice message recording / reproduction device 21 Mode setting section 22 Search section 23 Control section

Claims (3)

[Claims] A voice / character string conversion unit for converting a voice message into character string data; a character string memory for storing character string data converted by the voice / character string conversion unit; A keyboard for inputting the corresponding character string data to be searched; a search unit for searching the character string data input by the keyboard from the storage contents of the character string memory; and a search unit based on a search result of the search unit. A character string / speech conversion unit for sequentially reading the storage contents subsequent to the search target character string data from the character string memory and converting the sequentially read character string data into a voice message; A voice output unit for outputting a voice message converted by the voice unit. 2. A voice / character string converter for converting a voice message into character string data; a character string memory for storing character string data converted by the voice / character string converter; When a word of a desired voice message is converted into character string data to be searched by the conversion unit, a search unit for searching the character string data to be searched from the storage contents of the character string memory; A character string / speech conversion unit for sequentially reading the stored contents from the character string memory based on the result, from the character string memory, and converting the sequentially read character string data into a voice message; A voice output unit for outputting a voice message converted by the voice conversion unit. 3. A search frequency counting unit that counts the number of searches related to the character string data of the search target searched by the search unit and totals the count times for each of the search target character string data. 3. The voice message recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: