JPS6223941B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an audio editing method, more specifically,
The present invention relates to a method for editing audio information to be provided in audio storage and playback services such as information guidance.

In conventional voice storage and playback services such as information guidance, the voice information from the telephone terminal is stored as is, and conversely, the stored voice information is played back as is, and then played back and sent to the telephone terminal from which the information guidance is to be received. It was hot.

Therefore, when trying to accumulate audio information,
Every time, all voices must be newly input from the telephone terminal, which is inconvenient when combining and storing a plurality of pieces of voice information with predetermined contents.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned inconvenience, and arbitrarily edits and stores voice information by combining voice input from a telephone terminal with a fixed message (voice information) selected and specified by the telephone terminal from pre-stored fixed messages (voice information). The purpose is to reduce the amount of voice spoken by the operator and to reduce the possibility of errors being mixed in.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a telephone terminal, 2 is an exchange, 3 is a voice storage and playback device, and 6 is a control device for the exchange 2. In FIG. Note that the audio storage and playback device 3 is connected to the exchange 2 in the same way as a trunk, and although there is one connection line 9 connecting the two, it may be two or more.

Further, although the audio storage and playback device 3 is connected to the exchange 2 like a trunk, it may be functionally incorporated into the exchange 2.

When the telephone terminal 1 makes a call and dials the number of the voice storage and playback device 3, the telephone terminal 1 is connected to the telephone line 7 and any network within the network 4 through a normal outgoing connection under the control of the control device 6 of the exchange 2. The telephone terminal 1 is connected to the voice storage and playback device 3 via the connection path 10 and the connection line 9, thereby forming a connection state in which voice is stored from the telephone terminal 1 to the voice storage and playback device 3. In this case, the connection line 9 is used for recording.

The telephone terminal 1 has a function button for sending control signals, and the control signal generated by its operation is transmitted to the terminal control circuit 5 of the exchange 2 via the terminal control line 8, and further reaches the control device 6. The control device 6 relays the control information received by the terminal control circuit 5 based on the operation of the function button to the control device 12 of the audio storage and playback device 3 via the control line 11.

The telephone terminal 1 further has a display device such as a display lamp, and information on whether to turn on or off the display lamp is transmitted from the control device 12 of the audio storage and playback device 3 to the control device 6 via the control line 11, and further controlled. Device 6
relays the information to the terminal control circuit 5, and is further transmitted to the lamp of the telephone terminal 1 via the terminal control line 8.

The audio storage and playback device 3 includes an audio conversion section 13, a storage device 14, and a control device 12.
4 has a plurality of storage areas in which different fixed messages are stored, and an editing storage area in which edited messages are stored, and the voice conversion section 13 digitizes the voice input from the connection line 9 and sends it to the storage device 14. Also, the digitized message information read from the storage device 14 is sent to the connection line 9 in the form of voice. Control device 12
controls the voice converter 13 and the storage device 14 according to instructions from the control device 6 of the exchange.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be explained using FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the above operation, and
FIG. 2a shows the configuration of the storage area of the storage device 14, in which different fixed messages a, b,
Fixed message storage areas a, b, which have accumulated c.
c and an editing storage area d in which edited messages are stored. Transferring and registering the contents of any fixed message storage area to the editing storage area is a transfer process within the storage device 14, and when the control device 12 receives the fixed message to be transferred or information specifying the storage area, An appropriate location in the editing storage area d is selected and transfer control is performed there.

Assume now that the telephone terminal 1 is connected to the voice storage and playback device 3 via the exchange 2 as described above. In this state, if the telephone terminal 1 specifies the storage area a, where the content of the fixed message a has been confirmed, as the transfer area by operating the function button, the fixed message a will be transferred to the editing storage area d under the control of the control device 12. written to. When the writing is completed, the control device 12 transmits the lamp ignition information of the telephone terminal 1 to the telephone terminal 1 via the terminal control line 11.

The user of the telephone terminal 1 confirms the completion of the transfer by lighting the lamp, and if there is a message (variables a and b) that requires insertion, specifies the start of recording using the function button and speaks the necessary message. This message is inserted and stored next to the fixed message a in the editing storage area d via the connection line 9, and by repeating the same procedure, the finally necessary message is stored in the editing storage area d. Edited and stored. Note that the end of recording is also instructed by the function button of the terminal 1.
Further, the display lamp that is lit when the transfer is completed is extinguished by the control device 12 when recording is started or the transfer area is specified.

Incidentally, FIG. 2b is a time chart showing the procedure of the above operation.

In FIG. 1, an exchange 2 includes a telephone of a normal configuration (not shown), that is, a telephone terminal 1 shown in the figure.
It goes without saying that, unlike the above, both telephones do not have function buttons or display lamps and do not control the audio storage and playback device 3, and are used for communication between them. The telephone is connected to the voice storage and playback device 3 by dialing a special number, and the storage device 14 of the voice storage and playback device 3 is connected to the phone.
You can listen to the information guidance messages stored in the editing storage area d.

In the above explanation, it is assumed that instructions from the telephone terminal 1 are function button operations and are transmitted to the audio storage and playback device 3 via the terminal control line 8, terminal control circuit 5, control device 6, and control line 11. , a button operation of a push button dial that generates a multi-frequency signal instead of a function button, and a control signal for the above instruction is sent as a multi-frequency signal (push button dial signal) to the exchange 2 via the communication line 7, It is possible to receive the signal with a multi-frequency signal receiver provided in the exchange 2 and transmit it to the audio storage and playback device 3 via the control device 6 and the control line 11. Note that a multi-frequency signal receiver may be provided in the audio storage and playback device 3 to receive the signal.

In addition, although the completion of the transfer is confirmed by lighting the display lamp of the telephone terminal 1 via the control line 11, the control device 6, the terminal control circuit 5, and the terminal control line 8, the control device 12 9
A termination guide or termination sound may be sent to.

As explained above, according to the present invention, audio can be easily edited and stored by using dial buttons or function buttons of a telephone terminal.
This has the effect of being useful for voice storage and playback services that create and send messages by combining appropriate message fragments or sentences divided into syllables. Note that the completion of transfer of one fixed message can be indicated by an indicator lamp.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of audio editing in the embodiment of FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Telephone terminal, 2...Switchboard, 3...Voice storage and playback device, 4...Telephone network, 5...
...Terminal control circuit, 6...Control device, 7...Talking line, 8...Terminal control line, 9...Connection line, 10
...Arbitrary connection path, 11...control line, 12...control device, 13...speech converter, 14...storage device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An exchange, a telephone terminal housed in the exchange, and a storage area connected to or built in the exchange for storing fixed messages and an editing storage area for storing edited messages. a voice storage and playback device equipped with a storage device; the telephone terminal includes a switch and a means for sending a control signal to the voice storage and playback device; When connected to a voice storage/playback device and given a playback instruction specifying the fixed message from the means, the voice storage/playback device stores the fixed message specified by the instruction from the storage area of the storage device for editing. When an instruction to store voice information is given from the means, the voice storage and playback device transfers the voice sent from the telephone terminal to the editing storage area of the storage device of the voice storage and playback device. A voice editing method characterized in that voice messages are edited and stored in the editing storage area. 2. An audio system equipped with an exchange, a telephone terminal housed in the exchange, and a storage device connected to or built into the exchange and having a storage area for storing fixed messages and an editing storage area for storing edited messages. a storage and playback device; the telephone terminal includes a switch and a means for sending a control signal to the voice storage and playback device, and a display lamp; When the device is connected to the device and the device specifies the fixed message and gives a playback instruction, the audio storage and playback device transfers the fixed message specified by the above instruction from its storage area to the editing storage area and stores it. However, when the storage is completed and an instruction to store audio information is given by the sending means for sending out the indicator lamp ignition signal, the audio storage and playback device sends out the indicator lamp ignition signal and also outputs the audio information sent from the telephone terminal. An audio editing method characterized in that the audio message is stored in an editing storage area of a storage device of the audio storage and playback device, thereby editing and storing the audio message in the editing storage area. 3. The audio system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the means for sending a control signal from the telephone terminal to the exchange and the audio storage/playback device includes a function button provided on the telephone terminal. Editing method. 4. Claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the means for sending control signals from the telephone terminal to the exchange and the audio storage/playback device includes a push-button dial provided on the telephone terminal.
Audio editing method described in section.