JP2012027679A - Text creating system and text creating program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a versatile system as a system for automatically creating a text in which an upper limit of a reading time is determined.SOLUTION: A sound definition file 302 defines a priority, a variation part, a stationary part, and a reading time of the stationary part for each sentence candidate and specifies a phrase to be inserted in the variation part. A conversion table 207 defines a reading time of a phrase for each phrase. An on-air terminal 120 extracts the reading time of the stationary part from the sound definition file 302, extracts the reading time of the phrase specified by the sound definition file 302, and totals the extracted reading times to set it as a reading time of a sentence. The on-air terminal 120 selects sentence candidates in descending order of the priorities of the sentences defined by the sound definition file 302 and such that a total value of the reading times of the sentences is less than or equal to a predetermined upper limit, and creates a text for a weather report from the selected sentences.

Description

  The present invention relates to a text creation system and a text creation program. The present invention particularly relates to a mechanism for generating or supporting generation of audio data used in a weather program broadcasting system.

  Conventionally, when urgent information such as a typhoon or an earthquake occurs during the broadcast of a weather forecast program, there is a device that automatically reorganizes the screen configuration in the remaining broadcast time and the allocated time for broadcasting the screen (for example, , See Patent Document 1). In addition, there is an apparatus that automatically updates the weather forecast distribution service data and provides the latest weather information to the user every time weather forecast data is input (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-22290 A JP-A-10-308768

  Since the broadcast time of a weather forecast program is fixed, it is necessary to adjust the content to be spoken in the program according to the broadcast time. For this purpose, the above-described conventional apparatus cannot be used. Therefore, it is conceivable that the content to be spoken is determined in advance according to the content of the weather data, and if it does not fall within the program time, it is deleted from the lower priority and adjusted so as to be realized by fixed logic on the program. In addition, it is conceivable that the summarization processing by points (for example, in the case of the same weather in the north and south, say “both north and south”) is realized by fixed logic. However, the method using fixed logic has a problem of low versatility. For example, there is a problem that the program needs to be modified each time in order to change the way of summarizing, or to say a slightly different phrase.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile system, for example, as a system that automatically creates a sentence in which the upper limit of the reading time is determined.

A sentence creation system according to an aspect of the present invention includes:
A sentence creation system for creating a sentence that can be read out by voice consisting of at least one sentence in which a plurality of phrases are connected,
A sentence definition unit for preliminarily storing information defining an upper limit value of the reading time of the sentence in a storage device;
For each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, a priority for including the sentence in the sentence, a variable part in which a phrase is inserted in the sentence, a fixed part in which a predetermined phrase is arranged in the sentence, and a fixed sentence A sentence definition unit that prestores in the storage device information defining the reading time of the part;
For each word, a word definition unit that stores information that defines the reading time of the word in the storage device in advance,
For each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, a phrase designating unit that stores in advance in a storage device information that designates a phrase to be inserted into the variable part of the sentence;
For each candidate sentence constituting the sentence, the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition section, and stored in the phrase designation section from the information stored in the phrase definition section A time reading unit that extracts the reading time of the phrase specified by the specified information, totals the reading time of the fixed part of the extracted sentence and the reading time of the word by the processing device, and outputs as the reading time of the sentence;
The upper limit value of the reading time of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition unit, and the sentence priority that is defined by the information stored in the sentence definition unit is selected as the sentence candidate constituting the sentence. A sentence creation unit that selects the sentence by the processing device so that the aggregated value of the reading time of the sentences output by the time aggregation unit is equal to or less than the extracted upper limit value, and creates the sentence from the selected sentence It is characterized by providing.

The phrase definition unit defines a phrase that expresses the expression targets of two or more phrases as one as a summary phrase corresponding to the two or more phrases, separately from the two or more phrases, Stores information that defines the reading time for the summary phrase,
The time totaling unit stores, in the phrase definition unit, a phrase specified by information stored in the phrase specifying unit, which is common to the sentence candidates constituting the sentence, except for a variable part of the sentence. From the information stored in the sentence definition part, the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the phrase definition part as a sentence corresponding to the same summary phrase in the information obtained, from the information stored in the phrase definition part, The reading time of the summary phrase is extracted, and the reading time of the fixed portion of the extracted sentence and the reading time of the summary phrase are totaled by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence.

The phrase definition unit stores, as a phrase, information defining an area phrase that expresses an area and an information phrase that expresses information on the area,
The sentence definition unit stores information defining a variable part in which a local phrase and an information phrase are inserted in the sentence as a variable part of the sentence,
The phrase specifying unit stores information specifying a local phrase as a phrase,
The sentence creation system includes:
For each region, a region data storage unit that stores region data indicating region information in a storage device in advance,
A regional data extraction unit that extracts, from the regional data storage unit, regional data of a region represented by the regional phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specifying unit, by the processing device, for each sentence candidate constituting the sentence And further comprising
The time totaling unit extracts the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence from the information stored in the sentence definition unit for each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, and from the information stored in the phrase definition unit, Extracting and extracting the reading time of the local phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specifying unit and the reading time of the information phrase representing the regional information indicated by the regional data extracted by the regional data extracting unit The reading time of the fixed portion of the sentence, the reading time of the local phrase, and the reading time of the information phrase are totaled by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence.

The phrase definition unit defines a phrase that expresses two or more regional phrases together as a collective phrase corresponding to the two or more regional phrases, and defines the phrases separately from the two or more regional phrases. And store information that defines the reading time for the summary phrase,
The time totaling unit has a common fixed portion of the sentence among the sentence candidates constituting the sentence, and the area information indicated by the area data extracted by the area data extracting unit matches, and From the information stored in the sentence definition section, the local phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specification section is a sentence corresponding to the same summary phrase in the information stored in the phrase definition section, as one sentence. Extract the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence, extract the reading time of the summary phrase and the reading time of the information phrase expressing the information of the area from the information stored in the phrase definition part, and extract the sentence Are read out by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence.

  The region data storage unit stores region data indicating a weather forecast for the region as region information.

  The sentence definition unit stores information defining a sentence including only a fixed part as a sentence to be selected by the sentence creation unit when none of the sentence candidates constituting the sentence is selected by the sentence creation unit. To do.

  The sentence creation system further includes a voice data output unit that converts the sentence created by the sentence creation unit into voice data by a processing device and outputs the voice data.

  The sentence is automatically scrolled and displayed on a predetermined screen instead of being read out by voice, and each reading time corresponds to a scrolling time.

A sentence creation program according to one aspect of the present invention is provided.
A sentence creation program for creating a sentence that is read out by voice consisting of at least one sentence in which a plurality of words are connected, and a sentence definition unit that stores in advance in a storage device information that defines the upper limit of the reading time of the sentence; For each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, a priority for including the sentence in the sentence, a variable part in which a phrase is inserted in the sentence, a fixed part in which a predetermined phrase is arranged in the sentence, and a fixed sentence The sentence is composed of a sentence definition unit that preliminarily stores information defining the reading time of the portion in the storage device, and a phrase definition unit that preliminarily stores information defining the reading time of the phrase in the storage device for each word. A sentence creation program executed by a computer including a phrase designating unit that preliminarily stores in a storage device information for designating a phrase to be inserted into a variable part of a sentence for each sentence candidate
For each candidate sentence constituting the sentence, the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition section, and stored in the phrase designation section from the information stored in the phrase definition section A time reading process for extracting the reading time of the phrase specified by the information that has been extracted, counting the reading time of the fixed part of the extracted sentence and the reading time of the word by the processing device, and outputting the reading time of the sentence;
The upper limit value of the reading time of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition unit, and the sentence priority that is defined by the information stored in the sentence definition unit is selected as the sentence candidate constituting the sentence. Sentence creation processing for selecting the sentence by the processing device so that the aggregated value of the reading time of the sentence output by the time aggregation process is equal to or less than the extracted upper limit, and creating the sentence from the selected sentence And making the computer execute.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the time totaling unit of the sentence creation system totals the reading time of a fixed portion of a predefined sentence and the reading time of a specified phrase for each sentence candidate, Output as reading time. Then, the sentence creation unit of the sentence creation system selects sentence candidates in order of sentence priority so that the total value of the sentence reading time is less than or equal to the upper limit of the sentence reading time, Create a sentence from the selected sentence. For this reason, a highly versatile sentence creation system can be provided.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a text creation system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the hardware structural example of each terminal device of the text preparation system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the receiving terminal of the text creation system according to Embodiment 1; 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the on-air terminal of the text creation system according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the audio | voice program file of the text preparation system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the audio | voice definition file and audio | voice data file of the text creation system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conversion table of the text creation system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conversion table of the text creation system according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the audio | voice definition file of the text creation system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the weather forecast text file and the audio | voice file search table of the text preparation system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the audio | voice definition file and audio | voice data file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the conversion table and weather forecast text file of the text preparation system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the audio | voice definition file and audio | voice data file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 2. FIG. The figure which shows the conversion table and weather forecast text file of the text preparation system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a voice definition file of the text creation system according to the third embodiment. The figure which shows the audio | voice data file of the text preparation system which concerns on Example 3. FIG. The figure which shows the conversion table and weather forecast text file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 3. FIG. The figure which shows the audio | voice definition file and audio | voice data file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 4. FIG. The figure which shows the conversion table and weather forecast text file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 4. FIG. The figure which shows the audio | voice definition file and audio | voice data file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 5. FIG. The figure which shows the conversion table and weather forecast text file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 5. FIG. The figure which shows the audio | voice definition file and audio | voice data file of the text preparation system which concern on Example 6. FIG. The figure which shows the conversion table and weather forecast text file of the text preparation system which concerns on Example 6. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a text creation system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a sentence creation system 100 is a system that creates a sentence that is read out by voice and that includes at least one sentence in which a plurality of words are connected, and is composed of two terminal devices, a receiving terminal 110 and an on-air terminal 120. Yes. In the present embodiment, the sentence creation system 100 creates, as an example of a sentence, a weather forecast sentence that is read out for each screen in a television broadcast weather forecast program. The text creation system 100 creates a weather forecast text read out by a radio broadcast or Internet (web) weather forecast program, a traffic information text read out by a news program such as a television broadcast, or other text. May be. In addition, the text creation system 100 may be configured as one terminal device as a whole instead of two terminal devices, or may be configured by dividing into three or more terminal devices.

  The receiving terminal 110 includes a database registration unit 201, a weather database 202, an access unit 203, an intermediate file creation unit 204, and a file transfer unit 205. The on-air terminal 120 includes a text file creation unit 206, a conversion table 207 (database), an audio file determination unit 208, and an audio file search table 209 (database). Although not shown in FIG. 1, each terminal device (receiving terminal 110 and on-air terminal 120) includes hardware such as a processing device, a storage device, an input device, and an output device. Hardware is used by each unit of each terminal device. For example, the processing device is used for performing calculation, processing, reading, writing, and the like of data and information in each unit. The storage device is used to store the data and information. The input device is used for inputting the data and information, and the output device is used for outputting the data and information.

  The database registration unit 201 of the receiving terminal 110 acquires the latest weather data 301 (file product) from an external server device (for example, a server of the Japan Meteorological Association), converts the data format as necessary, and then converts the weather database. 202.

  Here, the weather data 301 is an example of regional data, and as regional information, a regional weather forecast (for example, clear / clear) for each time (for example, day, hour, date / time, day of the week, am / pm, time zone) is used. (Cloudy / rain / snow sky, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, warning, warning). In addition, instead of the weather data 301, data indicating local traffic information for each time (for example, traffic congestion on the road, traffic regulations, operation status of railways, buses, airplanes, etc.), or data indicating other information of the area May be used.

  The weather database 202 of the receiving terminal 110 is an example of an area data storage unit, receives weather data 301 from the database registration unit 201, and stores the weather data 301 in a storage device in advance for each area. For example, the weather database 202 stores a numerical value or character string indicating time, an identifier indicating a region, and a numerical value or character string indicating a weather forecast in association with each other.

  The access unit 203 of the receiving terminal 110 is a DLL (Dynamic Link Library), for example. The access unit 203 is implemented with an access function that is a function for extracting the weather data 301 from the weather database 202.

  The intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 is an example of a regional data extraction unit, executes the access function described in the voice definition file 302 (voice template), acquires the weather data 301 from the weather database 202, Write to the data file 303.

  Here, the voice definition file 302 is a file that defines a sentence to be read out as voice for each screen, and is stored in advance in both storage devices of the receiving terminal 110 and the on-air terminal 120. The voice definition file 302 includes a sentence definition unit 302a and a phrase specification unit 302b. Note that the voice definition file 302 may be created as one file for each screen, or divided into two or more files (for example, a file corresponding to the sentence definition unit 302a and a file corresponding to the phrase specifying unit 302b) And other files).

  The sentence definition unit 302a of the voice definition file 302 stores information that defines sentence candidates constituting the sentence of the weather forecast. Specifically, the sentence definition unit 302a stores, for each sentence candidate, information defining (a) priority, (b) variable part, (c) fixed part, and (d) reading time of the fixed part. . (A) The priority is a numerical value or the like indicating a priority order in which the sentence is included in the text of the weather forecast. (B) The fluctuation part is a part in which the phrase specified by the phrase specifying unit 302b is inserted in the sentence. Note that there may be a sentence that does not include a variable part among sentence candidates. For example, a sentence including only a fixed part may be defined as a sentence that can be selected when none of sentence candidates is selected. As words inserted into the variable part, there are a time word expressing time, a local word expressing area, and an information word expressing a weather forecast for the area. As described above, the regional weather forecast is an example of regional information. (C) The fixed part is a part where a predetermined phrase is arranged in the sentence. That is, the fixed part is a part whose contents are determined only from the definition of the fixed part.

  The phrase designating unit 302b of the speech definition file 302 stores information for designating a phrase to be inserted into the fluctuation part of the sentence for each sentence candidate constituting the sentence of the weather forecast.

  The audio data file 303 is an intermediate file that is created for each screen (that is, for each sentence) and records information necessary for creating a sentence to be read out while the screen is displayed. 110 storage devices.

  For each sentence candidate defined in the speech definition file 302, the intermediate file creation unit 204 represents, from the weather database 202, the region expressed by the regional phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specification unit 302b of the speech definition file 302. Meteorological data 301 is extracted by the processing device. When the time phrase is also specified by the phrase specifying unit 302b, the intermediate file creating unit 204 extracts the weather data 301 of the area at the time represented by the specified time phrase. At this time, the intermediate file creation unit 204 accesses, for example, the region identifier represented by the designated local phrase or the numerical value or character string of the time represented by the designated time phrase as defined in the voice definition file 302. By specifying it as an argument of the function, the weather data 301 of the area at the time is extracted from the weather database 202. The intermediate file creation unit 204 records the extracted weather data 301 in the audio data file 303.

  The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the audio data file 303 from the storage device and transfers it to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130. In the present embodiment, the receiving terminal 110 and the on-air terminal 120 are connected to the network 130, but may be simply connected by a cable or the like.

  The text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 receives the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110. In addition to the received audio data file 303, the text file creation unit 206 reads the audio program file 304 (screen seconds designation) and the audio definition file 302, and uses the conversion table 207 to generate the weather forecast text file 305. create.

  Here, the audio program file 304 is a file that is created for each program and records settings for each screen that is broadcast in the program, and is stored in the storage device of the on-air terminal 120 in advance. The audio program file 304 is an example of a sentence definition unit, and is information for defining the broadcast time (display time) of the screen as the upper limit value of the read time of the text of the weather forecast that is read during display of the screen for each screen. Is stored. This information may be stored in the voice definition file 302. That is, the voice definition file 302 may include a sentence definition unit.

  The conversion table 207 of the on-air terminal 120 is an example of a phrase definition unit, and stores information that defines a phrase reading time for each phrase in advance in a storage device. Examples of terms defined by information stored in the conversion table 207 include time phrases, regional phrases, and information phrases. In addition, the conversion table 207 uses two or more words (mainly regional words) as expression words corresponding to the two or more words. The information is defined separately from the phrase and information defining the reading time of the summary phrase is stored.

  The weather forecast text file 305 is a file that is created for each screen and records text that is read out while the screen is displayed, and is stored in the storage device of the on-air terminal 120 by the text file creation unit 206. The weather forecast text file 305 may be created for each program.

  The text file creation unit 206 includes a time counting unit 206a and a text creation unit 206b.

The time counting unit 206 a of the sentence file creation unit 206 performs the following processing for each sentence candidate defined in the speech definition file 302.
(1) The time counting unit 206a uses the processing device to extract the reading time of the fixed portion of the sentence from the information stored in the sentence definition unit 302a of the voice definition file 302.
(2) The time totaling unit 206a extracts, from the information stored in the conversion table 207, the reading time of the phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specifying unit 302b of the speech definition file 302 by the processing device.
(3) The reading time of the fixed part of the sentence extracted in (1) and the reading time of the phrase extracted in (2) are totaled by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence.

  In (2), for example, if the phrase specified by the phrase specifying unit 302b is a regional phrase, and the weather data 301 of the region represented by the regional phrase is recorded in the audio data file 303, the time counting unit 206a From the information stored in the conversion table 207, the reading time of the information word that expresses the weather forecast indicated by the weather data 301 is also extracted.

Among the candidate sentences defined in the speech definition file 302, words other than the variable part of the sentence are common, and the phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specifying unit 302 b of the speech definition file 302 is converted into the conversion table 207. If there is a sentence corresponding to the same summary phrase in the information stored in the time table 206a, the time counting unit 206a performs the following processing with the corresponding sentence candidate as one sentence.
(1) The time counting unit 206a uses the processing device to extract the reading time of the fixed portion of the sentence from the information stored in the sentence definition unit 302a of the voice definition file 302.
(2 ′) The time totaling unit 206a extracts the reading time of the corresponding summary phrase from the information stored in the conversion table 207 by the processing device. For example, if the phrase specified by the phrase specifying unit 302b is a regional phrase, and the weather data 301 of the region expressed by the regional phrase is recorded in the audio data file 303, the time counting unit 206a stores the conversion data in the conversion table 207. From the stored information, the reading time of the information word that expresses the weather forecast indicated by the weather data 301 is also extracted.
(3 ′) The time counting unit 206a uses the processing device to count the reading time of the fixed portion of the sentence extracted in (1) and the reading time of the word extracted in (2 ′), and outputs the total as the reading time of the sentence. .

  For example, for each sentence candidate defined in the speech definition file 302, the phrase specified by the phrase specifying unit 302b is a regional phrase, and the weather data 301 of the area represented by this regional phrase is recorded in the speech data file 303. In addition, among the sentence candidates, the fixed part of the sentence is common, the weather forecast indicated by the weather data 301 recorded in the voice data file 303 matches, and the area specified by the phrase specifying unit 302b When there is a sentence whose phrase corresponds to the same summary phrase in the conversion table 207, in (2 ′), the time totaling unit 206a sets the corresponding sentence candidate as one sentence from the information stored in the conversion table 207. The reading time of the information word that expresses the weather forecast indicated by the weather data 301 is also extracted.

  The text creation unit 206b of the text file creation unit 206 extracts, from the information stored in the audio program file 304, the upper limit value of the reading time of the text of the weather forecast by the processing device. Then, the sentence creation unit 206b sets the sentence candidates defined in the sound definition file 302 in the order of the priority of the sentences defined by the information stored in the sentence definition unit 302a of the sound definition file 302 in the order of time. The processing device selects the total value of the reading time of the sentence output by the totaling unit 206a to be equal to or less than the extracted upper limit value, and creates a weather forecast sentence from the selected sentence. The text creation unit 206b records the created text in the weather forecast text file 305.

  The voice file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 is an example of a voice data output unit, and corresponds to each of the sentences constituting the sentence described in the weather forecast sentence file 305 using the voice file search table 209. An audio file 306 (sound piece) is acquired. Then, the audio file determination unit 208 combines the acquired audio files 306 to create one audio file 306 and reproduces the audio file 306 or external terminal device (for example, on-air of TV broadcasting). Output to the controlling terminal). Note that the voice file determination unit 208 may create the voice file 306 using commercially available voice synthesis software. In this case, the audio file search table 209 is unnecessary, and it is not necessary to prepare the audio file 306 in advance.

  The audio file 306 is an example of audio data, for example, a WAVE file.

  The voice file determination unit 208 converts the text created by the text file creation unit 206 into a voice file 306 by the processing device and outputs the voice file 306.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of each terminal device (receiving terminal 110 and on-air terminal 120).

  In the example of FIG. 2, each terminal device is a computer, and includes an LCD 901 (Liquid / Crystal / Display), a keyboard 902 (K / B), a mouse 903, an FDD 904 (Flexible / Disk / Drive), and a CDD 905 (Compact / Disc / Disc). Drive) and a hardware device such as a printer 906 are provided. These hardware devices are connected by cables and signal lines. Instead of the LCD 901, a CRT (Cathode / Ray / Tube) or other display device may be used. Instead of the mouse 903, a touch panel, a touch pad, a trackball, a pen tablet, or other pointing devices may be used.

  Each terminal device includes a CPU 911 (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program. The CPU 911 is an example of a processing device. The CPU 911 includes a ROM 913 (Read / Only / Memory), a RAM 914 (Random / Access / Memory), a communication board 915, an LCD 901, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, an FDD 904, a CDD 905, a printer 906, and an HDD 920 (Hard / Disk) via a bus 912. Connected with Drive) to control these hardware devices. Instead of the HDD 920, a flash memory, an optical disk device, a memory card reader / writer, or other storage medium may be used.

  The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The ROM 913, the FDD 904, the CDD 905, and the HDD 920 are examples of nonvolatile memories. These are examples of the storage device. The communication board 915, the keyboard 902, the mouse 903, the FDD 904, and the CDD 905 are examples of input devices. The communication board 915, the LCD 901, and the printer 906 are examples of output devices.

  The communication board 915 is connected to a LAN (Local / Area / Network) or the like. The communication board 915 is not limited to a LAN, but is an IP-VPN (Internet, Protocol, Private, Network), a wide area LAN, an ATM (Asynchronous / Transfer / Mode) network, a WAN (Wide / Area / Network), or the Internet. It does not matter if it is connected to. LAN, WAN, and the Internet are examples of the network 130.

  The HDD 920 stores an operating system 921 (OS), a window system 922, a program group 923, and a file group 924. The programs in the program group 923 are executed by the CPU 911, the operating system 921, and the window system 922. The program group 923 includes programs that execute the functions described as “˜units” in the description of the present embodiment. The program is read and executed by the CPU 911. The file group 924 includes data, information, and signal values described as “˜data”, “˜information”, “˜ID (identifier)”, “˜flag”, and “˜result” in the description of this embodiment. And variable values and parameters are included as items of “˜file”, “˜database”, and “˜table”. The “˜file”, “˜database”, and “˜table” are stored in a storage medium such as the RAM 914 or the HDD 920. Data, information, signal values, variable values, and parameters stored in a storage medium such as the RAM 914 and the HDD 920 are read out to the main memory and the cache memory by the CPU 911 via a read / write circuit, and extracted, searched, referenced, compared, and calculated. It is used for processing (operation) of the CPU 911 such as calculation, control, output, printing, and display. During the processing of the CPU 911 such as extraction, search, reference, comparison, calculation, calculation, control, output, printing, and display, data, information, signal values, variable values, and parameters are temporarily stored in the main memory, cache memory, and buffer memory. Remembered.

  The arrows in the block diagrams and flowcharts used in the description of this embodiment mainly indicate input / output of data and signals. Data and signals are recorded in memory such as RAM 914, FDD904 flexible disk (FD), CDD905 compact disk (CD), HDD920 magnetic disk, optical disk, DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), or other recording media Is done. Data and signals are transmitted by a bus 912, a signal line, a cable, or other transmission media.

  In the description of the present embodiment, what is described as “to part” may be “to circuit”, “to device”, “to device”, and “to step”, “to process”, “to” ~ Procedure "," ~ process ". That is, what is described as “˜unit” may be realized by firmware stored in the ROM 913. Alternatively, what is described as “˜unit” may be realized only by software, or only by hardware such as an element, a device, a board, and wiring. Alternatively, what is described as “to part” may be realized by a combination of software and hardware, or a combination of software, hardware and firmware. Firmware and software are stored as programs in a recording medium such as a flexible disk, a compact disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and a DVD. The program is read by the CPU 911 and executed by the CPU 911. That is, the program causes the computer to function as “to part” described in the description of the present embodiment. Or a program makes a computer perform the procedure and method of "-part" described by description of this Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an operation of the text creation system 100 (a text creation method according to the present embodiment, a processing procedure of the text creation program according to the present embodiment) will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the receiving terminal 110.

  In FIG. 3, on the receiving terminal 110 side, first, the database registration unit 201 performs database registration processing of the latest weather data 301 and creates a weather database 202 (step S101: database registration processing). Next, the intermediate file creation unit 204 reads the voice definition file 302 created in advance from the storage device. Then, the intermediate file creation unit 204 acquires necessary information from the weather database 202 based on the access function and ME number described in the voice definition file 302, and creates the voice data file 303 as an intermediate file of the broadcast screen by the processing device. (Step S102: Intermediate file creation process). Here, the ME number is a designated number for acquiring the weather data 301 from the weather database 202. The weather database 202 stores a numerical value or a character string indicating a weather forecast of a corresponding point (region) at a certain time for each combination of a point number (an example of an identifier indicating a region) and an ME number. Finally, the file transfer unit 205 transfers the audio data file 303 to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130 (step S103: file transfer process).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the on-air terminal 120.

  In FIG. 4, on the on-air terminal 120 side, the text file creation unit 206 reads the audio data file 303, the audio program file 304, and the audio definition file 302 from the storage device, and based on these files and the conversion table 207, the weather forecast text file 305 is created by the processing device (step S201: sentence file creation process). Then, the sound file determination unit 208 searches the sound file search table 209 for the sound file 306 based on the weather forecast sentence file 305, and creates a sound file 306 for reproduction by the processing device (step S202: sound file determination). processing). Thereafter, the audio file determination unit 208 or another terminal reproduces the audio using the audio file 306. In the reproduction of the voice, the text of the weather forecast may be read as it is using commercially available voice synthesis software.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the access function is executed to extract the latest and necessary data for the program from the weather database 202, and the processing for creating the text read out within the broadcast time of the program using the data. Are running on separate terminals. Specifically, the former is executed on the receiving terminal 110 side and the latter is executed on the on-air terminal 120 side. Therefore, when there is a sudden change in the broadcast time of a program, it can be quickly dealt with only on the on-air terminal 120 side. In particular, since it is not necessary to access the weather database 202 again, there is a great effect in that the time-consuming database processing can be omitted.

  Hereinafter, examples of data used in the present embodiment will be shown.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the audio program file 304.

In the example of FIG. 5, the following items are defined in the audio program file 304. One audio program file 304 corresponds to one weather forecast program.
BGM (background music) number: An identifier indicating BGM played in the program.
Voice comment presence / absence flag: a flag indicating the presence / absence of a sentence read out in the program. For example, “1” indicates “present” and “0” indicates “not present”.
Start comment: An identifier indicating a comment read out at the start of the program.
End comment: An identifier indicating a comment read out at the end of the program.
First-out seconds: The time until the first screen is displayed after the program starts.
Number of screens: Number of weather forecast screens to be displayed in the program. In the example of FIG. 5, it is set to 17.
Screen number and number of seconds: The screen number is an identifier indicating each screen, and the number of seconds is the broadcast time of the screen indicated by the screen number. In the example of FIG. 5, the screen with the screen number “226” is displayed for 5 seconds.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the voice definition file 302 and the voice data file 303. FIGS. 7A to 7E and FIGS. 8A to 8E are diagrams showing examples of the conversion table 207. FIG. 9A to 9C are diagrams showing examples of the voice definition file 302. FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 6, in the voice definition file 302, the settings related to the screen in the [Com] section, the definition of the sentence candidate with the lowest priority in the [Sound_FIX] section, and the xxth priority in the [Soundxx] section The definition of a candidate for a sentence with a high is made. For example, the file name of the audio definition file 302 is the same as the screen number (for example, “001.voc” if the screen number is 001), or includes the screen number.

  In the [Com] section, the following items are defined.

  ◆ SeaNo: Designates the screen number corresponding to the voice definition file 302. For example, 001 to 999 are designated.

  ◆ SeanMAX_TIME (text definition part): Defines the maximum number of seconds (upper limit value of the reading time of the text of the weather forecast) of the screen indicated by the screen number. If it is defined in the audio program file 304, it can be omitted.

  Priority: Designates which of the point elements (regional phrases) and the weather elements (information phrases) should be preferentially adopted in the text. For example, “W, P” indicates that the priority of the weather element is higher than the priority of the point element. In this case, the point element is cut first in the automatic cut by the text file creation unit 206. Conversely, in the case of “P, W”, the weather element is cut first. When “Priority” is omitted as in the example of FIG. 6, for example, “W, P” (or “P, W”) is used as a default setting.

  In the [Sound_FIX] section, the following items are defined.

  ◆ Comment (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): A fixed comment (sentence consisting only of a fixed part) adopted when a comment (a sentence including a variable part) defined in the [Soundxx] section does not fit in the specified number of seconds specify.

  ◆ ComTime (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): Designates the number of seconds for the fixed comment (the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence). If the comment defined in the [Soundxx] section does not fit in the specified number of seconds and the fixed comment defined in the [Sound_FIX] section is always adopted, it can be omitted.

  In the [Soundxx] section, the following items are defined.

  Comment (part of sentence definition unit 302a): Designates a template comment (fluctuation part and fixed part of sentence). For example, when it is desired to repeat a comment at a plurality of points (a plurality of regions), “/ continue” is designated, and a plurality of points are designated as “P_KEY”.

  Comment_END (part of sentence definition unit 302a): When “/ continue” is specified in “Comment”, a comment (fixed part of the sentence) to be added at the end is set.

In “Comment” and “Comment_END”, the following variables can be specified.
(1) Variable of point element (% P): The intermediate file creation unit 204 records the point number designated by “P_KEY” in the audio data file 303. The text file creation unit 206 reads this spot number from the voice data file 303, converts it according to the conversion table 207 designated by “P_ChgTbl” (to a regional word / phrase), and sets it to a variable (% P).
(2) Time element variable (% T): The intermediate file creation unit 204 uses the location number specified by “P_KEY” as a search key and the access function and ME number specified by “T_FUNC” from the weather database 202. Information (weather data 301) is acquired and recorded in the audio data file 303. The text file creation unit 206 reads this information from the audio data file 303, converts the information according to the conversion table 207 designated by “T_ChgTbl” (to a time word / phrase), and sets the variable (% T).
(3) Weather element variable (% Wx (x: 1 to 3)): The intermediate file creation unit 204 uses the location number designated by “P_KEY” as a search key, the access function designated by “Wx_FUNC”, Information (weather data 301) is acquired from the weather database 202 by the ME number and recorded in the voice data file 303. The text file creation unit 206 reads this information from the voice data file 303, converts the information according to the conversion table 207 specified by “Wx_ChgTbl” (to an information word / phrase), and sets the variable (% Wx).

  In the example of FIG. 6, since “P_KEY” is not specified in the [Sound_FIX] section of the audio definition file 302, only the section name is set in the audio data file 303. In the [Sound01] section of the audio definition file 302, “P_KEY = 5500” is set, but since no access function is specified, only “5500” is set in the audio data file 303. Since “P_KEY = 5510, 5520” is set in the [Sound02] section of the voice definition file 302, the ME numbers “55”, “65”, “75” of the access function “GetTelop” for each point number. , “85”, “95”, “105”, “115” are acquired and set in the audio data file 303 separated by commas. For example, the file name of the audio data file 303 is the same as the file name of the audio definition file 302, is the same as the screen number (for example, “001.dat” if the screen number is 001), or includes the screen number.

  ◆ ComTime (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): Designates the number of seconds of the fixed part of the comment (the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence).

  P_KEY (part of the phrase designating part 302b): Designates a point number as a search key for an access function designated by “T_FUNC” or “Wx_FUNC”. When it is desired to repeat comments at a plurality of points, it is necessary to specify “/ continue” in “Comment”. Even if a plurality of points are designated in “P_KEY”, if “/ continue” is not designated, the text file creation unit 206 creates a comment only for the first point designated by “P_KEY”.

  P_ChgTbl (part of the phrase designating part 302b): Designates the conversion table 207 to be referred to when setting the point number designated by “P_KEY” in the template (the sentence variable part). For example, the conversion table 207 as shown in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 7A, the conversion table 207 stores a point number, a point element, and the number of seconds (a reading time of a local phrase) in association with each other. For example, if the spot number specified by “P_KEY” is “5110”, the text file creation unit 206 acquires the spot element “Osaka” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” from the conversion table 207.

  T_FUNC (part of the phrase specifying unit 302b): An access function and an ME number are set for the variable specified by “% T”. For example, when “GetTelop / ME = 1” is specified, time information corresponding to the ME number “1” (information indicating when the weather forecast information to be acquired separately relates to the weather) is acquired from the weather database 202. It will be specified.

  T_ChgTbl (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): Specifies the conversion table 207 to be referred to when setting the search result of the weather database 202 with the access function and ME number specified by “T_FUNC” in the template. For example, the conversion table 207 as shown in FIGS. 7B to 7E is designated.

  In the example of FIG. 7B, the conversion table 207 stores the comparison result between the date and time and “SYSTEM_DATE” (system date and time), the time element (time phrase), and the number of seconds (time phrase reading time) in association with each other. ing. “SYSTEM_DATE”, “1 Day”, “2 Day”, and “0.5 Day” are reserved words. For example, the text file creation unit 206 compares the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “T_FUNC”, the date and time obtained by the ME number, and the system date and time, and if they match, the conversion table From 207, the time element “today” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” are acquired.

  In the example of FIG. 7C, the conversion table 207 stores the date, time element, and number of seconds in association with each other. For example, if the date obtained from the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “T_FUNC” and the ME number is “1”, the sentence file creation unit 206 reads the time element from the conversion table 207. Get “1 day” and seconds “3 seconds”.

  In the example of FIG. 7D, the conversion table 207 stores the day of the week, the time element, and the number of seconds in association with each other. For example, if the day of the week obtained from the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “T_FUNC” and the ME number is “1”, the sentence file creation unit 206 reads the time element from the conversion table 207. Get “Monday” and the number of seconds “3 seconds”.

  In the example of FIG. 7E, the conversion table 207 stores a conditional expression, a time element, and the number of seconds in association with each other. For example, if the time obtained by the location number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “T_FUNC” and the ME number is “9”, the text file creation unit 206 reads the time element from the conversion table 207. Get “in the morning” and the number of seconds “3 seconds”.

The conditional expression used in the example of FIG. 7E is described by the following pattern, and “:” (colon) is set before and after the variable (* a). Multiple conditions can be set by separating them with commas.
(1) “<: * a”: True if greater than the specified value.
(2) “<=: * a”: True if the value is greater than or equal to the specified value.
(3) “>: * a”: True if the value is smaller than the specified value.
(4) “> =: * a”: True if the value is less than or equal to the specified value.
(5) “=: * a”: True if the value is the same as the specified value.

  Wx_FUNC (part of the phrase designating unit 302b): Designates an access function and ME number for variables designated by “% W1” to “% W3”. For example, when “GetTerop / ME = 15” is designated, it is designated that weather (sky) forecast information corresponding to the ME number “15” is acquired from the weather database 202. When obtaining a weekly forecast or the like, it is possible to specify a plurality of ME numbers with the same function. In that case, separate them with commas.

  Wx_ChgTbl (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): Specifies the conversion table 207 to be referred to when setting the search result of the weather database 202 with the access function and ME number specified by “Wx_FUNC” in the template. For example, the conversion table 207 as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8D is designated. In the conversion table 207, it is possible to designate a pattern to be compared when a plurality of ME numbers are designated by “Wx_FUNC”. Even when a plurality of ME numbers are designated by “Wx_FUNC”, the conversion table 207 does not associate the comparison pattern with the weather element, but defines each value and the weather element in association with each other. Converts each value acquired by the ME number into a weather element or the like by the conversion table 207.

  In the example of FIG. 8A, the conversion table 207 associates a telop number (a numerical value that is an identifier of a weather forecast), a weather element, and a number of seconds (a reading time of an information word / phrase) indicating a weather (sky) forecast. Storing. For example, if the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “Wx_FUNC”, and the telop number obtained by the ME number are “101”, the sentence file creation unit 206 reads the weather from the conversion table 207. Get the element “finely cloudy” and the number of seconds “4 seconds”.

  In the example of FIG. 8B, the conversion table 207 stores the telop number, weather element, and number of seconds for each day of the week indicating the weekly forecast in association with each other. “*” Means that no matter what value is set, it is regarded as a match. For example, if the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “Wx_FUNC”, and the telop number obtained by a plurality of ME numbers are “101, 101, 101, 102, 101, 102, 103” For example, the text file creation unit 206 obtains the weather element “first half of the week is sunny” and the number of seconds “4 seconds” from the conversion table 207.

  In the example of FIG. 8C, the conversion table 207 stores the telop number, weather element, and number of seconds for each day of the week in association with each other. Note that “* a” means that the same value is set in the “* a” portion. According to this description method, unlike the example of FIG. 8B, the trouble of setting all the telop numbers can be saved. For example, if the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “Wx_FUNC”, and the telop number obtained by a plurality of ME numbers are “102, 102, 102, 102, 102, 102, 102”. For example, the text file creation unit 206 acquires the weather element “the same weather continues this week” and the number of seconds “4 seconds” from the conversion table 207.

  In the example of FIG. 8D, the conversion table 207 stores conditional expressions, weather elements, and seconds in association with each other. The description method of the conditional expression is the same as that in the example of FIG. For example, if the precipitation probability obtained by the point number specified by “P_KEY”, the access function specified by “Wx_FUNC”, and the plurality of ME numbers is “20”, the sentence file creation unit 206 converts the conversion table 207. The weather element “less than 40 percent and low” and the number of seconds “4 seconds” are acquired.

  Wx_AreaCollectTbl (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): Designates the conversion table 207 to be referred to when performing the batch processing. For example, the conversion table 207 as shown in FIG. If not specified, the summarization process is not performed. The text file creation unit 206 reads the result obtained by the access function and ME number specified by “Wx_FUNC” from the voice data file 303 and compares the result for each point number specified by “P_KEY” to obtain “Wx_AreaCollectTbl”. If the same result is obtained for all of the spot numbers included in the spot number combination set in the conversion table 207 specified in step 207, the combination is converted into point elements according to the conversion table 207. As a result of the grouping process, the grouped areas are preferentially commented, and the points that are not grouped are processed as usual.

  In the example of FIG. 8E, the conversion table 207 stores a plurality of spot numbers, spot elements (summarized phrases), and seconds (summarized phrase reading time) in association with each other. For example, the spot number specified by “P_KEY” is “6200, 6310, 6320, 0400, 6100”, and each of the spot numbers “6200”, “6310”, “6320” and the access specified by “Wx_FUNC”. The telop number obtained from the function and the ME number is “100”, and the telop number obtained from the access function and ME number specified by the location numbers “0400” and “6100” and “Wx_FUNC” is “100”. If not, the text file creation unit 206 acquires the point element “both Osaka and Hyogo” and the number of seconds “5 seconds” from the conversion table 207. At this time, the text file creation unit 206 may compare the telop numbers in order to determine whether or not the spot numbers “6200”, “6310”, and “6320” are targets of the summarization process. Are converted into weather elements by the conversion table 207 as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8D, and the weather elements are preferably compared.

◆ MAX_TIME (part of the sentence definition unit 302a): Specifies the maximum number of seconds (upper limit of the reading time of the sentence having the highest priority) in the [Soundxx] section. The text file creation unit 206, when a plurality of spot numbers are designated by “P_KEY” or when a plurality of weather element variables are designated, does not fit in the number of seconds designated by “MAX_TIME”, and the next priority is given. Cut the comment according to the ranking.
(1) When a plurality of spot numbers are designated by “P_KEY”, cutting is performed from the spot number written last.
(2) If a plurality of meteorological element variables are designated, cutting is performed in the order of “% W3”, “% W2”, and “% W1”.

  In the example of FIG. 9A, the text file creation unit 206 expands all the spot elements having the spot numbers “6200, 6310, 6320, 0400, 6100” into comments (sentence candidates defined in the speech definition file 302). All). At this time, the sentence file creation unit 206 acquires the number of seconds of the point element and the weather element (sentence fluctuation part) from the conversion table 207, and the other part (fixed part of the sentence) from “ComTime”. Get and calculate the total number of seconds for the comment. Then, if the total number of seconds does not fit in “MAX_TIME”, the sentence file creation unit 206 cuts in order from the sentence including the point element of the point number “6100”. The cutting order is point number “6100” → “0400” → “6320” → “6310” → “6200”.

  In the example of FIG. 9B, the text file creation unit 206 uses the point element “6200”, the point number, the access function “GetTelop”, and the telop acquired from the weather database 202 with the ME number “15”. The meteorological element of the number, the point number, the access function “GetKousui”, and the ME number “16” are used to develop the meteorological element of the precipitation probability acquired from the meteorological database 202 into a comment. At this time, the text file creation unit 206 calculates the total number of comments in the same manner as in the example of FIG. Then, if the total number of seconds does not fit in “MAX_TIME”, the text file creation unit 206 cuts the weather element of the precipitation probability of the variable “% W2”.

  In the example of FIG. 9C, the text file creation unit 206 expands all the spot elements having the spot numbers “6200, 6310, 6320, 0400, 6100” into comments. At this time, the text file creation unit 206 calculates the total number of comments in the same manner as in the example of FIG. Since “Priority” is “W, P”, if the total number of seconds does not fit in “MAX_TIME”, the sentence file creation unit 206 cuts in order from the sentence including the point element of the point number “6100”. Even if the sentence file creation unit 206 cuts a sentence including the spot elements of the spot numbers “6100”, “0400”, “6320”, and “6310”, the total number of seconds does not fit in “MAX_TIME”. The weather element of the precipitation probability of the variable “% W2” is cut from the sentence including the point element of “6200”. On the other hand, when “Priority” is “P, W”, the sentence file creation unit 206 cuts the meteorological element of the precipitation probability of the variable “% W2” if the total number of seconds does not fit in “MAX_TIME”. If the total number of seconds still does not fit in “MAX_TIME”, the sentence including the point element of the point number “6100” is cut in order.

  If the total number of seconds does not fit in “MAX_TIME” even by the cut processing as described above, the sentence file creation unit 206 creates a sentence using only the sentence defined in the [Sound_FIX] section.

  10A to 10C are diagrams showing examples of the weather forecast text file 305. FIG.

  In the example of FIGS. 10A to 10C, the weather forecast text file 305 holds the weather comment (weather forecast text) created by the text file creation unit 206. For example, the file name of the weather forecast text file 305 is the same as the screen number or includes the screen number (if the screen number is 001, for example, “Sound001.dat”). Here, one weather forecast text file 305 corresponds to one screen. However, as described above, one weather forecast text file 305 may correspond to one weather forecast program. In that case, the text file creation unit 206 adds a text to the weather forecast text file 305 every time a text of the same program is created. In this case, the weather forecast text file 305 may describe screen numbers corresponding to the texts.

  FIG. 10D is a diagram showing an example of the audio file search table 209.

  In the example of FIG. 10D, the voice file search table 209 is a table file for searching the voice file 306 from the weather forecast sentence file 305. For example, the file name of the audio file search table 209 includes the range of the screen number of the corresponding screen (if the screen number is 001 to 999, for example, “SerWAVE001_999.tbl”). For example, when “001 — 999” is designated as the file name of the voice file search table 209, all weather comments are defined in one file. In the audio file search table 209, a list of audio files 306 that can be reproduced while the corresponding screen is displayed is a sound piece number of the audio file 306 (an example of an identifier of the audio file 306 is the file name of the audio file 306. And a sentence read out by the audio file 306. The audio file determination unit 208 searches the audio file search table 209 to acquire a sound piece number corresponding to a sentence included in the weather forecast sentence file 305 or a part thereof, and a sound corresponding to the acquired sound piece number. The file 306 is specified. Then, the audio file determination unit 208 reproduces audio using the specified audio file 306.

  Hereinafter, effects of the present embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, there are at least three advantages as follows. First, since the voice definition file 302 is used, it is possible to easily set the wording of the sentence. Second, since the conversion table 207 is used, flexible summarization processing can be performed. Third, since the weather data 301 has various patterns, the voice definition file 302 can be set so as to be compatible with any screen configuration. As described above, when a sentence to be read out in a program is created by a fixed logic, a program change is necessary even with a slight change in wording. However, according to the present embodiment, only the voice definition file 302 is changed. It is possible to easily adjust the wording and realize a flexible system.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  In the present embodiment, the weather forecast text is automatically scrolled on each screen of the weather forecast program (an example of a predetermined screen) instead of being read out by voice. For this reason, in the present embodiment, a scroll time corresponding to the reading time defined in the first embodiment is defined.

  In the present embodiment, in the configuration of the text creation system 100, the audio file determination unit 208 and the audio file search table 209 are not required. In this embodiment, the text creation unit 206b of the text file creation unit 206 scrolls the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 on the screen, or the weather forecast text file 305 is directly displayed on an external terminal. Output to a device (for example, a terminal that controls on-air television broadcasting) and cause an external terminal device to perform scroll display.

  Hereinafter, a specific example of the first embodiment will be described.

Example 1.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the voice definition file 302 and the voice data file 303 of the sentence creation system 100 according to the present embodiment.

In the example of FIG. 11, the intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the voice definition file 302 from the storage device and performs the following processing.
(1) The intermediate file creation unit 204 uses the ME number “1” specified by “T_FUNC” in the [Sound01] section of the sound definition file 302 as an argument, and uses the access function “GetTelop” specified by “T_FUNC”. Execute. As a result, the intermediate file creation unit 204 extracts the date “201006101200” corresponding to the ME number “1” from the weather database 202. Here, it is assumed that the date and time “201006101200” (indicating 10:00 on June 10, 2010) is associated with the ME number “1” and stored in the weather database 202 in advance. Also in the following example, it is assumed that each data is associated with each ME number and stored in the weather database 202 in advance.
(2) The intermediate file creation unit 204 writes the date and time extracted in (1) in the [Sound01] section of the audio data file 303 as “201006101200”.
(3) The intermediate file creation unit 204 uses the spot number “6200” designated by “P_KEY” in the [Sound02] section of the sound definition file 302 and the ME number “15” designated by “W1_FUNC” as arguments. The access function “Gettelop” specified by “W1_FUNC” is executed. As a result, the intermediate file creation unit 204 extracts the telop number “101” corresponding to the combination of the spot number “6200” and the ME number “15” from the weather database 202.
(4) The intermediate file creation unit 204 writes the point number and the telop number extracted in (3) as “6200, 101” in the [Sound02] section of the audio data file 303.
(5) Similar to (3), the intermediate file creation unit 204 executes the access function “GetTelop” and retrieves the spot numbers “6310”, “6320”, “0400”, “6100” from the weather database 202. The telop numbers “101”, “101”, “102”, and “103” corresponding to the combination of each and the ME number “15” are extracted.
(6) Every time the telop number is extracted in (5), the intermediate file creation unit 204 writes the spot number and telop number in the next line of the [Sound02] section of the audio data file 303, as in (4).

  The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 transfers the audio data file 303 created in (1) to (6) to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the conversion table 207 and the weather forecast text file 305 of the text creation system 100.

In the example of FIG. 12, when the text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 receives the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110, it reads the audio definition file 302 and the audio program file 304 from the storage device, and performs the following processing. .
(7) The time counting unit 206a reads the fixed portion number of seconds “5 seconds” from “ComTime” in the [Sound01] section of the voice definition file 302.
(8) The time counting unit 206a reads the date and time “201006101200” corresponding to “% T” in the [Sound01] section of the audio definition file 302 from the audio data file 303, and applies the corresponding date from the conversion table 207 in FIG. When “Tomorrow” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” are extracted. Here, it is assumed that the system date and time is 19:00 on June 9, 2010.
(9) The time counting unit 206a reads the fixed part number of seconds “3 seconds” from “ComTime” of the [Sound02] section of the voice definition file 302.
(10) The time counting unit 206a reads the point number “6200” corresponding to “% P” in the [Sound02] section of the sound definition file 302 from the sound data file 303, and reads it from the conversion table 207 of FIG. The corresponding point element “Osaka Prefecture is” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” are extracted.
(11) The time totaling unit 206a reads the telop number “101” corresponding to “% W1” in the [Sound02] section of the audio definition file 302 from the audio data file 303, and from the conversion table 207 in FIG. Applicable meteorological element “cloudy in fine weather” and seconds “4 seconds” are extracted.
(12) Since “/ continue” is specified in the [Sound02] section of the audio definition file 302, the time counting unit 206a reads the point number of the next line from the audio data file 303, as in (10). The corresponding point element and the number of seconds are extracted from the conversion table 207 in FIG.
(13) Whenever the point element is extracted in (12), the time counting unit 206a reads the telop number from the audio data file 303 and applies it from the conversion table 207 in FIG. Extract weather elements and seconds.
(14) The time counting unit 206a refers to the conversion table 207 in FIG. Here, with respect to the spot numbers “6200”, “6310”, “6320”, the fixed part of the sentence is common, and the corresponding weather element is the same “finely cloudy”, and in FIG. Since the conversion table 207 has a point element “both Osaka and Hyogo” for the summary processing, the time counting unit 206a extracts the point element and the number of seconds “5 seconds”. Individual sentences with the spot numbers “6200”, “6310”, and “6320” are not selected.
(15) The time counting unit 206a sums the seconds extracted in (7) to (14) (excluding the seconds of the sentence that is not selected) and outputs the total number of seconds.
(16) The text creation unit 206b outputs the total number of seconds output in (15) and the number of seconds specified for the screen number corresponding to “SeanMAX_TIME” in the [Com] section of the audio definition file 302 or the audio program file 304. If the total number of seconds is long, the sentence is narrowed down based on the priority. When “MAX_TIME” is designated in each section of the voice definition file 302, the sentence is narrowed down as necessary for the corresponding section.
(17) The text creation unit 206b creates a weather forecast text from the text finally selected in (16), records it in the weather forecast text file 305, and outputs it. In this embodiment, a weather forecast text file 305 as shown in FIG.

  The audio file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 refers to the audio file search table 209 and converts the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 output in (17) into one or more audio files 306. And output.

Example 2
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an audio definition file 302 and an audio data file 303 of the text creation system 100 according to the present embodiment.

In the example of FIG. 13, the intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the voice definition file 302 from the storage device and performs the following processing.
(1) The intermediate file creation unit 204 writes the spot number “5500” specified by “P_KEY” in the [Sound01] section of the sound definition file 302 in the [Sound01] section of the sound data file 303.
(2) The intermediate file creation unit 204 uses the spot number “5510” designated by “P_KEY” and the ME number “55” designated by “W1_FUNC” in the [Sound02] section of the voice definition file 302 as arguments. The access function “Gettelop” specified by “W1_FUNC” is executed. Thereby, the intermediate file creation unit 204 extracts the telop number “101” corresponding to the combination of the spot number “5510” and the ME number “55” from the weather database 202.
(3) Similar to (2), the intermediate file creation unit 204 executes the access function “GetTelop” and, from the weather database 202, the spot number “5510” and the ME numbers “65”, “75”, “85”. The telop numbers “101”, “101”, “101”, “102”, “102”, and “103” corresponding to the combinations “”, “95”, “105”, and “115” are extracted. Note that (2) and (3) may be processed by executing the access function “Gettelop” once (in this case, all ME numbers are specified as arguments).
(4) The intermediate file creation unit 204 sets the spot number and the telop number extracted in (3) as “5510, 101, 101, 101, 101, 102, 102, 103” in the [Sound02] section of the audio data file 303. Write.
(5) Similarly to (2) and (3), the intermediate file creation unit 204 executes the access function “GetTelop”, and from the weather database 202, the spot number “5520” and the ME numbers “55” and “65”. ”,“ 75 ”,“ 85 ”,“ 95 ”,“ 105 ”,“ 115 ”, the telop numbers“ 101 ”,“ 101 ”,“ 101 ”,“ 101 ”,“ 102 ”, “102” and “103” are extracted.
(6) The intermediate file creation unit 204 displays the location number and the telop number extracted in (5) in the next line of the [Sound02] section of the audio data file 303 as “5520, 101, 101, 101, 101, 102, 102, Write as 103 ".

  The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 transfers the audio data file 303 created in (1) to (6) to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the conversion table 207 and the weather forecast sentence file 305 of the sentence creation system 100.

In the example of FIG. 14, when the text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 receives the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110, it reads the audio definition file 302 and the audio program file 304 from the storage device, and performs the following processing. .
(7) The time counting unit 206a reads the fixed portion number of seconds “5 seconds” from “ComTime” in the [Sound01] section of the voice definition file 302.
(8) The time counting unit 206a reads the point number “5500” corresponding to “% P” in the [Sound01] section of the audio definition file 302 from the audio data file 303, and from the conversion table 207 in FIG. The corresponding point element “Toyama Prefecture” and the number of seconds “2 seconds” are extracted.
(9) The time counting unit 206a reads the fixed part number of seconds “3 seconds” from “ComTime” of the [Sound02] section of the voice definition file 302.
(10) The time counting unit 206a reads the spot number “5510” corresponding to “% P” in the [Sound02] section of the voice definition file 302 from the voice data file 303 and reads it from the conversion table 207 of FIG. The corresponding point element “Eastern Toyama Prefecture” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” are extracted.
(11) The time counting unit 206a obtains the telop number “101, 101, 101, 101, 102, 102, 103” corresponding to “% W1” in the [Sound02] section of the audio definition file 302 from the audio data file 303. Read and extract the corresponding weather element “first half of the week is clear” and the number of seconds “4 seconds” from the conversion table 207 of FIG. To do.
(12) Since “/ continue” is specified in the [Sound02] section of the audio definition file 302, the time totaling unit 206a determines the point number “5520” of the next line from the audio data file 303 as in (10). And the corresponding point element “West of Toyama Prefecture” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” are extracted from the conversion table 207 of FIG.
(13) The time counting unit 206a refers to the conversion table 207 in FIG. Here, for the spot numbers “5510” and “5520”, the fixed part of the sentence is common, and the corresponding weather element is the same, “the first half of the week is clear”, and the conversion table of FIG. Since the point element “both eastern and western Toyama Prefecture” is included in 207, the time counting unit 206a extracts the point element and the number of seconds “5 seconds”. The individual sentences of the spot numbers “5510” and “5520” are not selected.
(14) The time counting unit 206a sums up the seconds extracted in (7) to (13) (excluding the seconds of sentences that are not selected) and outputs the total number of seconds.
(15) Similar to the first embodiment, the sentence creation unit 206b narrows down sentences as necessary so that the total number of seconds output in (14) falls within the upper limit.
(16) The sentence creation unit 206b creates a weather forecast sentence from the sentence finally selected in (15), records it in the weather forecast sentence file 305, and outputs it. In this embodiment, a weather forecast text file 305 as shown in FIG.

  The voice file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 refers to the voice file search table 209 and converts the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 output in (16) into one or more voice files 306. And output.

Example 3
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating the voice definition file 302 of the text creation system 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an audio data file 303 of the text creation system 100.

  In the example of FIG. 15, the intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the voice definition file 302 from the storage device, and creates the voice data file 303 as shown in FIG. The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 transfers the audio data file 303 created by the intermediate file creation unit 204 to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the conversion table 207 and the weather forecast text file 305 of the text creation system 100.

  In the example of FIG. 17, the text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 reads the audio definition file 302 and the audio program file 304 from the storage device when receiving the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110. Then, the text file creation unit 206 refers to the conversion table 207 in FIGS. 17A to 17C and creates the weather forecast text file 305 as shown in FIG. Output. The voice file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 refers to the voice file search table 209 and uses the one or more voice files 306 to record the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 output by the text file creation unit 206. Convert to and output.

Example 4
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating the voice definition file 302 and the voice data file 303 of the sentence creation system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In the example of FIG. 18, the intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the voice definition file 302 from the storage device and creates the voice data file 303 as in the first to third embodiments. The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 transfers the audio data file 303 created by the intermediate file creation unit 204 to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the conversion table 207 and the weather forecast text file 305 of the text creation system 100.

  In the example of FIG. 19, when the text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 receives the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110, the audio definition file 302 and the audio program file 304 are read from the storage device. Then, the text file creation unit 206 refers to the conversion table 207 in FIGS. 19A to 19C and creates the weather forecast text file 305 as shown in FIG. Output. The voice file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 refers to the voice file search table 209 and uses the one or more voice files 306 to record the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 output by the text file creation unit 206. Convert to and output.

Example 5 FIG.
FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating the voice definition file 302 and the voice data file 303 of the sentence creation system 100 according to the present embodiment.

In the example of FIG. 20, the intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the voice definition file 302 from the storage device and performs the following processing.
(1) The intermediate file creation unit 204 uses the spot number “6200” specified by “P_KEY” in the [Sound01] section of the sound definition file 302 and the ME number “1011” specified by “W1_FUNC” as arguments. The access function “GetData: CHUKEI” designated by “W1_FUNC” is executed. As a result, the intermediate file creation unit 204 extracts from the weather database 202 a note warning number (a numerical value that is an alert or warning identifier) corresponding to the combination of the spot number “6200” and the ME number “1011” “02”. To do.
(2) Similar to (1), the intermediate file creation unit 204 executes the access function “GetData: CHUKEI” and corresponds to the combination of the spot number “6200” and the ME number “1012” from the weather database 202. Note Alarm number “03” is extracted. Here, it is assumed that the alert number corresponding to each combination of the spot number “6200” and the ME numbers “1013”, “1014”, and “1015” is not stored in the weather database 202.
(3) The intermediate file creation unit 204 writes the point number and the warning number extracted in (1) and (2) as “6200, 02” in the [Sound01] section of the audio data file 303.
(4) Similar to (1) and (2), the intermediate file creation unit 204 executes the access function “GetData: CHUKEI” to retrieve the spot numbers “6310”, “6320”, “0400” from the weather database 202. ”And“ 6100 ”and the note alarm numbers (if any) corresponding to the combinations of the ME numbers“ 1011 ”,“ 1012 ”,“ 1013 ”,“ 1014 ”, and“ 1015 ”are extracted.
(5) For each spot number, the intermediate file creation unit 204 displays the spot number and the alert number extracted in (4) in the next line of the [Sound01] section of the voice data file 303, as in (3). Write (if any).

  The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 transfers the audio data file 303 created in (1) to (5) to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the conversion table 207 and the weather forecast sentence file 305 of the sentence creation system 100.

In the example of FIG. 21, when the text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 receives the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110, it reads the audio definition file 302 and the audio program file 304 from the storage device, and performs the following processing. .
(6) The time counting unit 206a reads the fixed part number of seconds “3 seconds” from “ComTime” in the [Sound01] section of the voice definition file 302.
(7) The time counting unit 206a reads the point number “6200” corresponding to “% P” in the [Sound01] section of the sound definition file 302 from the sound data file 303, and reads it from the conversion table 207 of FIG. The corresponding point element “Osaka Prefecture” and the number of seconds “3 seconds” are extracted.
(8) The time counting unit 206a reads the note alarm number “02” corresponding to “% W1” in the [Sound01] section of the audio definition file 302 from the audio data file 303, and converts the conversion table 207 in FIG. The corresponding meteorological element “storm alarm” and the number of seconds “4 seconds” are extracted.
(9) Since “/ continue” is specified in the [Sound01] section of the audio definition file 302, the time counting unit 206a reads the point number of the next line from the audio data file 303, as in (7). The corresponding point element and the number of seconds are extracted from the conversion table 207 in FIG.
(10) Whenever the point element is extracted in (9), the time counting unit 206a reads the warning number from the voice data file 303 and applies the corresponding information from the conversion table 207 in FIG. Extract weather elements and seconds.
(11) The time counting unit 206a refers to the conversion table 207 in FIG. Here, for the spot numbers “6200” and “6310”, the fixed part of the sentence is common and the corresponding weather element is the same “storm and snow warning” only, and the conversion table 207 in FIG. Since there is a point element “Osaka Prefecture, Northern Hyogo Prefecture” for summarization processing, the time counting unit 206a extracts this point element and the number of seconds “6 seconds”. Individual sentences with the spot numbers “6200” and “6310” are not selected.
(12) The time counting unit 206a sums up the seconds extracted in (6) to (11) (excluding the seconds of sentences not selected) and outputs the total number of seconds.
(13) As in the first to fourth embodiments, the sentence creation unit 206b narrows down sentences as necessary so that the total number of seconds output in (12) falls within the upper limit.
(14) The text creation unit 206b creates a weather forecast text from the text finally selected in (13), records it in the weather forecast text file 305, and outputs it. In this embodiment, a weather forecast text file 305 as shown in FIG.

  The audio file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 converts the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 output in (14) into one or more audio files 306 with reference to the audio file search table 209. And output.

Example 6
FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an audio definition file 302 and an audio data file 303 of the text creation system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In the example of FIG. 22, the intermediate file creation unit 204 of the receiving terminal 110 reads the voice definition file 302 from the storage device and creates a voice data file 303 as shown in FIG. The file transfer unit 205 of the receiving terminal 110 transfers the audio data file 303 created by the intermediate file creation unit 204 to the on-air terminal 120 via the network 130.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the conversion table 207 and the weather forecast text file 305 of the text creation system 100.

  In the example of FIG. 23, when the text file creation unit 206 of the on-air terminal 120 receives the audio data file 303 from the receiving terminal 110, it reads the audio definition file 302 and the audio program file 304 from the storage device. Then, the sentence file creation unit 206 outputs the weather forecast sentence file 305 as shown in FIG. 23 (d) with reference to the conversion table 207 in FIGS. 23 (a) to 23 (c), as in the fifth embodiment. . The voice file determination unit 208 of the on-air terminal 120 refers to the voice file search table 209 and uses the one or more voice files 306 to record the text recorded in the weather forecast text file 305 output by the text file creation unit 206. Convert to and output.

  100 text creation system, 110 receiving terminal, 120 on-air terminal, 130 network, 201 database registration unit, 202 weather database, 203 access unit, 204 intermediate file creation unit, 205 file transfer unit, 206 text file creation unit, 206a time counting unit 206b Sentence creation unit, 207 Conversion table, 208 Audio file determination unit, 209 Audio file search table, 301 Weather data, 302 Audio definition file, 302a Sentence definition unit, 302b Phrase specification unit, 303 Audio data file, 304 Audio program File, 305 Weather forecast text file, 306 Audio file, 901 LCD, 902 Keyboard, 903 Mouse, 904 FDD, 905 CDD, 906 Printer, 911 CPU, 9 2 bus, 913 ROM, 914 RAM, 915 communication board, 920 HDD, 921 operating system, 922 Window system, 923 Program group, 924 File group.

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A sentence creation system for creating a sentence that can be read out by voice consisting of at least one sentence in which a plurality of phrases are connected,
A sentence definition unit for preliminarily storing information defining an upper limit value of the reading time of the sentence in a storage device;
For each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, a priority for including the sentence in the sentence, a variable part in which a phrase is inserted in the sentence, a fixed part in which a predetermined phrase is arranged in the sentence, and a fixed sentence A sentence definition unit that prestores in the storage device information defining the reading time of the part;
For each word, a word definition unit that stores information that defines the reading time of the word in the storage device in advance,
For each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, a phrase designating unit that stores in advance in a storage device information that designates a phrase to be inserted into the variable part of the sentence;
For each candidate sentence constituting the sentence, the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition section, and stored in the phrase designation section from the information stored in the phrase definition section A time reading unit that extracts the reading time of the phrase specified by the specified information, totals the reading time of the fixed part of the extracted sentence and the reading time of the word by the processing device, and outputs as the reading time of the sentence;
The upper limit value of the reading time of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition unit, and the sentence priority that is defined by the information stored in the sentence definition unit is selected as the sentence candidate constituting the sentence. A sentence creation unit that selects the sentence by the processing device so that the aggregated value of the reading time of the sentences output by the time aggregation unit is equal to or less than the extracted upper limit value, and creates the sentence from the selected sentence A sentence creation system characterized by comprising: The phrase definition unit defines a phrase that expresses the expression targets of two or more phrases as one as a summary phrase corresponding to the two or more phrases, separately from the two or more phrases, Stores information that defines the reading time for the summary phrase,
The time totaling unit stores, in the phrase definition unit, a phrase specified by information stored in the phrase specifying unit, which is common to the sentence candidates constituting the sentence, except for a variable part of the sentence. From the information stored in the sentence definition part, the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the phrase definition part as a sentence corresponding to the same summary phrase in the information obtained, from the information stored in the phrase definition part, The sentence creation system according to claim 1, wherein the reading time of the summary phrase is extracted, and the reading time of the fixed portion of the extracted sentence and the reading time of the summary phrase are totaled by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence. The phrase definition unit stores, as a phrase, information defining an area phrase that expresses an area and an information phrase that expresses information on the area,
The sentence definition unit stores information defining a variable part in which a local phrase and an information phrase are inserted in the sentence as a variable part of the sentence,
The phrase specifying unit stores information specifying a local phrase as a phrase,
The sentence creation system includes:
For each region, a region data storage unit that stores region data indicating region information in a storage device in advance,
A regional data extraction unit that extracts, from the regional data storage unit, regional data of a region represented by the regional phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specifying unit, by the processing device, for each sentence candidate constituting the sentence And further comprising
The time totaling unit extracts the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence from the information stored in the sentence definition unit for each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, and from the information stored in the phrase definition unit, Extracting and extracting the reading time of the local phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specifying unit and the reading time of the information phrase representing the regional information indicated by the regional data extracted by the regional data extracting unit The sentence creation system according to claim 1, wherein the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence, the reading time of the local phrase, and the reading time of the information phrase are totaled by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence. The phrase definition unit defines a phrase that expresses two or more regional phrases together as a collective phrase corresponding to the two or more regional phrases, and defines the phrases separately from the two or more regional phrases. And store information that defines the reading time for the summary phrase,
The time totaling unit has a common fixed portion of the sentence among the sentence candidates constituting the sentence, and the area information indicated by the area data extracted by the area data extracting unit matches, and From the information stored in the sentence definition section, the local phrase specified by the information stored in the phrase specification section is a sentence corresponding to the same summary phrase in the information stored in the phrase definition section, as one sentence. Extract the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence, extract the reading time of the summary phrase and the reading time of the information phrase expressing the information of the area from the information stored in the phrase definition part, and extract the sentence 4. The sentence creation system according to claim 3, wherein the reading time of the fixed part, the reading time of the summary words and the reading time of the information words are totaled by the processing device and output as the reading time of the sentence.   5. The sentence creation system according to claim 3, wherein the regional data storage unit stores regional data indicating a regional weather forecast as regional information.   The sentence definition unit stores information defining a sentence including only a fixed part as a sentence to be selected by the sentence creation unit when none of the sentence candidates constituting the sentence is selected by the sentence creation unit. The sentence creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   The sentence creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an audio data output unit that converts a sentence created by the sentence creation unit into voice data by a processing device and outputs the voice data.   8. The sentence creation system according to claim 1, wherein the sentence is automatically scroll-displayed on a predetermined screen instead of being read out by voice, and each reading time corresponds to a scrolling time. A sentence creation program for creating a sentence that is read out by voice consisting of at least one sentence in which a plurality of words are connected, and a sentence definition unit that stores in advance in a storage device information that defines the upper limit of the reading time of the sentence; For each sentence candidate constituting the sentence, a priority for including the sentence in the sentence, a variable part in which a phrase is inserted in the sentence, a fixed part in which a predetermined phrase is arranged in the sentence, and a fixed sentence The sentence is composed of a sentence definition unit that preliminarily stores information defining the reading time of the portion in the storage device, and a phrase definition unit that preliminarily stores information defining the reading time of the phrase in the storage device for each word. A sentence creation program executed by a computer including a phrase designating unit that preliminarily stores in a storage device information for designating a phrase to be inserted into a variable part of a sentence for each sentence candidate
For each candidate sentence constituting the sentence, the reading time of the fixed part of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition section, and stored in the phrase designation section from the information stored in the phrase definition section A time reading process for extracting the reading time of the phrase specified by the information that has been extracted, counting the reading time of the fixed part of the extracted sentence and the reading time of the word by the processing device, and outputting the reading time of the sentence;
The upper limit value of the reading time of the sentence is extracted from the information stored in the sentence definition unit, and the sentence priority that is defined by the information stored in the sentence definition unit is selected as the sentence candidate constituting the sentence. Sentence creation processing for selecting the sentence by the processing device so that the aggregated value of the reading time of the sentence output by the time aggregation process is equal to or less than the extracted upper limit, and creating the sentence from the selected sentence A sentence creating program characterized by causing a computer to execute.

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