JP6802604B2 - Computer program for recall device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a computer program for making a computer function as a voice generating means for reminding a word that a human has forgotten.
The present invention also relates to a recall device comprising such a computer program.

Many people experience that they cannot forget words and phrases that they have heard once and remember them in a hurry.
In particular, personal names, place names, music names, etc. are often composed of characters that do not have a specific meaning, and often cannot be remembered.

A personal name recalling tool used to recall a forgotten personal name is disclosed in Patent Document 1. The personal name recalling tool described in Patent Document 1 is a table used to recall a Japanese surname composed of kanji, and the kanji used at the end of the surname is "A line-wa line" x " It is a table arranged vertically and horizontally in "A row-row". The table of Patent Document 1 focuses on the fact that the number of kanji used at the beginning of a surname is enormous, but the number of kanji used at the end of a surname is narrowed down to a certain number.

However, the target of use of the personal name recalling tool of Patent Document 1 is limited to Japanese personal names (surnames).
Also, although the number of characters (kanji) in the table of personal name recall is limited to a certain number, the number of characters in the entire table is still large, so in order to remember the forgotten surname, There is no choice but to look at the table (for example, from the upper left) in order to crush it (because I have forgotten it, so I will give priority to the part where the target character is written and look at that part with priority" (I can't), it's a very patient task. For this reason, due to fatigue and poor concentration, the target character is often overlooked, and in the end, the person's name cannot be remembered.

On the other hand, in order to remember the forgotten contents, a device using voice (portable voice input object forgetting prevention device) is disclosed in Patent Document 2.
The device of Patent Document 2 inputs A (contents to be stored), creates a database, and outputs B (things linked to memory) when necessary. That is, the device of Patent Document 2 requires a troublesome work of inputting A (contents to be stored) into the device in advance. If you take the trouble to perform such troublesome work, you will often be able to remember the input contents firmly in the first place.

For this reason, it is desired to develop a method for remembering not only a person's name but also various words without requiring troublesome input work.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-202927 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-178536

The present invention has been made in view of the above background technology, and the subject thereof is a computer program used to remember various words such as a person's name, a place name, a music name, etc. without any effort, and such a computer program. The purpose is to provide a recall device equipped with.

As a result of diligent studies to solve the above problems, the present inventor tends to leave an impression on the first few letters (typically two or three letters) of a word, and the person first I found that it is often possible to remember a forgotten word given only a few letters of. Then, the present inventor does not have to perform troublesome input work if it is a device that automatically reads out a character string of 2 to 3 characters as a voice in order according to a predetermined rule. We have found that the use of such a device causes less fatigue, as in the case of scrutinizing a table on which letters are written, and has completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention is characterized in that a computer functions as a voice generating means for reminding a word that a human has forgotten by sequentially reading a character string according to a predetermined rule. It provides a computer program to do.

The present invention also provides a recall device comprising the above computer program.

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to perform troublesome input work, and it is only necessary to automatically listen to the voice, so that various words such as a person's name, a place name, and a music name can be remembered without any effort. It will be possible.

In the computer program of the present invention, if you want to remember a word over time, you can simply listen to the voice. The recall device provided with the computer program of the present invention can be miniaturized, and for example, it is possible to listen to a voice in a relaxed state and perform a recollection work during a busy time such as commuting to work or school.

Further, in the present invention, since the character strings are read out in sequence, when naming a person's name, product name, etc., obtain a hint for naming a good name (such as a person has not used it yet). Can be done.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described, but the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and can be arbitrarily modified and carried out.

The computer program of the present invention causes a computer to function as a voice generating means for reminding a word forgotten by a human by sequentially reading a character string according to a predetermined rule.

The "character string" refers to a character group consisting of a plurality of characters (two or more characters).
For example, if the rule is to read out a two-character character string in the order of AIUEO, the computer as a means of voice utterance uses characters such as "Ah", "Ai", "Au", and so on. Read the columns one by one.
The user can remember the forgotten word by listening to the character strings one by one.

By using the computer program of the present invention, when a person wants to remember a forgotten word over time, he / she only has to listen to the voice, so that he / she does not have to spend time to remember it and has relatively little fatigue.

The character string read out by the voice uttering means is preferably a character string consisting of two or three characters (the "number of character strings" is preferably two or three).
Here, the "number of character strings" may be based on a mora (beat) or a syllable (for example, "card" or "cut" has 3 mora as a mora and a syllable as a syllable. 2 syllables).
When using the computer program of the present invention to recall Japanese words, the mora standard is preferred.

If the number of character strings is too large, it will take an enormous amount of time to read the voice, and if the number of characters to be read is one character, it will be difficult to remember the word. Therefore, the number of character strings is as described above. As such, 2 or 3 is preferable.

However, the number of character strings may be 4 or more when it is used when there is time or when the computer program of the present invention is used for the purpose of naming.
Further, it is preferable that the number of character strings can be selected according to the situation.

The "words" to be remembered by the computer program of the present invention include, but are not limited to, personal names, place names, song names, book titles, product names, object names, and the like. "Is included. The "word" may be a word or a phrase.

The voice utterance means reads out the character strings in sequence according to a predetermined rule. The computer program of the present invention is mainly used when it is desired to remember a forgotten word over time, but it is possible to remember a target forgotten word at the earliest possible stage. It is desirable to be able to hear the first character string of the forgotten word at an early stage).
Therefore, it is preferable that the rule for the voice uttering means to read out the character strings sequentially is that the character string composed of the characters having a high frequency of appearance is read out first.

For example, when using the computer program of the present invention to remember Japanese words, the characters placed at the home position of the thumb shift standard keyboard (these characters alone are more than 60% of the natural sentences in Japanese). Can be entered) first, the characters placed one step above the home position are read out next, and the other characters are read out at the end.

Regarding the frequency of appearance of Japanese characters, publications such as JP-A-6-004200, JP-A-6-014308, JP-A-11-184609, and websites (for example, http: // www7.plala.or.jp/dvorakjp/hinshutu.htm) etc. have a description of the analysis results. Based on this information, a character string composed of frequently occurring characters may be set to be read out first.

Even when the computer program of the present invention is used to remember words other than Japanese, the frequency of appearance of character strings for each language area and country is taken into consideration, and the voice vocalization means gives priority to characters with high frequency of appearance. It is preferable to read it aloud.
For example, when the computer program of the present invention is used to remember English words, it is conceivable to preferentially read out the characters arranged at the home position of the keyboard in the Dvorak layout.

The computer program of the present invention can also make the computer function as a reading order changing means for changing the reading order according to circumstances such as which language the word to be remembered is a word. May be good.

In most cases, the keyboard layout and the frequency of appearance of characters based on the analysis results as described above are based on general Japanese sentences. For example, the characters used in particles ("no", "ga", "ha", "ni", "he", "o", etc.) frequently appear in general Japanese sentences. , Person names, place names, music names, etc., the frequency of appearance of these characters is not always high.
Therefore, the frequency of appearance based on the keyboard layout and the analysis result described above may be modified by, for example, turning the order of the character strings including such characters later.

In addition, frequently used characters may differ depending on the genre of the target word (personal name, place name, music name), etc. In the case of a person's name, it depends on whether it is the surname or the lower name, and in the case of the lower name, the commonly used characters may differ depending on the gender and age. In the case of music titles, frequently used characters may differ depending on whether it is Japanese music or Western music.
Therefore, the reading order changing means may change the reading order according to the genre of the target word.

Regarding the frequency of appearance of characters according to the genre of a word, if there is information on publicly known documents or websites regarding the statistical ranking of frequently used characters by language area or country, it may be used. (These information may be input in advance), but since there are many cases where data does not exist for such information, the user may input such information and determine the frequency of appearance of the character string.
That is, the computer program of the present invention uses a computer, a character string information storage means for storing information about a character string, and a character string appearance that calculates the appearance frequency based on the information stored in the character string information storage means. It may be for functioning as a frequency calculation means.

For example, in the case of Japanese surnames, ranking data is described in publicly known literature and websites (http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~suzakihp/ju0001.html, etc.). Such information can be input to the character string information storage means, and a character string having a high frequency of appearance as a surname can be set to be read out preferentially.
In the same way, data such as surname rankings by country and ethnic group and popular and popular name rankings by year are input to the character string information storage means, and the character strings that appear frequently are set to be read out preferentially. can do.

In addition, the surname ranking by country, ethnicity, etc., the surname of the popular and popular name ranking by year, the character string from the top of each name, and the characters in order of frequency of use by country and field, respectively. It can also be set to read aloud in combination with columns.

For example, the ranking of Japanese surnames is "Suzuki", "Sato", "Yamada" ..., and the ranking of names is "Taro", "Ichiro", "Jiro" ... Assuming that, if you set to combine two surnames and two surnames, "Suzutaro" (Suzuki Taro), "Suzuichi" (Suzuki Ichiro), "Suzujiro" (Suzuki Jiro), ... "Satotaro" ( Satotaro), "Satoichi" (Satoichirou), and so on.

In addition, when using the computer program of the present invention when naming a person's name, the surname that has already been decided can be registered when reading aloud, and other than that, the kun'yomi reading of the kanji that you want to use in the naming and the hiragana that you want to use are also registered. You can also set it so that it is read aloud by combining characters in order of frequency.

The character string information storage means stores information about the character string input by the user. A known method can be used as a method for inputting information regarding the character string. For example, the user may manually input the character information, or the character information may be extracted and input by optical character recognition (OCR).
The character string appearance frequency calculation means calculates the appearance frequency of the character string based on the information stored in the character string information storage means.
The voice utterance means reads out the character strings in order of the frequency of appearance calculated by the frequency calculation means.

When the character string is composed of two characters, the reading speed of the character string by the voice vocalization means is preferably 30 character strings / minute or more and 100 character strings / minute or more, and 50 character strings / minute or more and 80 character strings or more. It is particularly preferable that it is / min or more. When the character string is composed of three characters, it is preferably 20 character strings / minute or more and 70 character strings / minute or more, and particularly preferably 30 character strings / minute or more and 50 character strings / minute or more.
When it is equal to or more than the above lower limit, excessive time is not required for reading aloud. Further, when it is less than the above upper limit, the character string can be properly heard, and it is difficult to overlook the word to be remembered.

The computer program of the present invention may also allow the computer to function as a means of changing the vocalization speed so that the reading speed of the character string can be changed according to the preference of the user.
In this case, it is desirable to use the reading speed within the above range.

The computer program of the present invention may also allow the computer to function as a voice changing means. That is, the voice emitted by the voice generating means may be changed to various voices such as a male voice, a female voice, and an electronic sound according to the preference of the user.
The computer program of the present invention may also allow the computer to function as a voice input means. That is, the voice generated by the user or the like may be input, and the voice generating means may be able to read the character string by the voice of the user or the like.

It is preferable that the computer program of the present invention can be used whenever the user wants to remember a word. It is also preferable that the reading can be interrupted at any time and resumed later.

The present invention also relates to a recall device, which comprises the above-mentioned computer program.
The form of the recall device is not particularly limited, and it may be a dedicated device used only for recalling a forgotten word, or the above computer program may be incorporated into a personal computer, a television, a mobile phone, or the like.

Since the recall device of the present invention is used when a person wants to remember a forgotten word even if it takes a long time, the recall device of the present invention should be used at any time during a time when he / she is on the move or the like. It is preferable to keep it.
Therefore, it is particularly preferable that the recall device of the present invention is portable. For example, it is conceivable to incorporate it into a smartphone as an application program to use it as a recall device of the present invention.

Since the computer program of the present invention can be used to remember various words such as personal names, place names, and song names without any effort, it can be suitably used when it is desired to remember the words even over time. , It is used as a recall device by incorporating it into a personal computer, a television, a mobile phone, or the like.

Claims (6)

It is a recall device used to remind humans of oblivion words by sequentially emitting character strings that do not have a specific meaning as voice.
Character string information storage means for storing information on the frequency of appearance of character strings entered by the user,
A character string appearance frequency calculation means that calculates the appearance frequency of each character string based on the information stored by the character string information storage means, and
A recall device comprising: a voice generating means for sequentially emitting a character string as a voice in descending order of the frequency of appearance calculated by the character string appearance frequency calculating means. A recall device used to give hints for naming new words by sequentially emitting strings that do not have a specific meaning as speech.
Character string information storage means for storing information on the frequency of appearance of character strings entered by the user,
A character string appearance frequency calculation means that calculates the appearance frequency of each character string based on the information stored by the character string information storage means, and
A recall device comprising: a voice generating means for sequentially emitting a character string as a voice in descending order of the frequency of appearance calculated by the character string appearance frequency calculating means. The recall device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the character string is a character string consisting of two or three characters. The recall device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising a reading order changing means for changing the order of character strings emitted by the voice generating means according to the genre of the target word. .. The recall device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a voice speed changing means for changing the speed of the voice emitted by the voice generating means. The recall device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is a portable type.