JPS6225371A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce eye fatigue due to input operation for a document and to speed up the document input operation by performing voice output simultaneously with the display of a document when a document is inputted or when a document which is already inputted is outputted. CONSTITUTION:A character code signal 20 to be converted into KANJI (Chinese character) is inputted from an input device 3 such as a keyboard to a main controller 1, which recognizes document units such as a word and a phrase and converts them into a KANJI and KANA (Japanese syllabary) mixed sentence, so that it is displayed on a display device 2 such as a CRT. A character code signal 30 which is generated by the word/phrase recognizing function and KANA converting function of the main controller 1 is inputted to a subordinate controller 5. The subordinate controller 5 sends out a control signal and a voice code signal 40 corresponding to character codes to a voice synthesizing converter 4, so that a voice corresponding to the KANA and KANJI characters is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a word processor having an audio echo pack function.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Traditionally, when creating a document using a word processor,
Documents were input using an input mechanism such as a keymate and displayed on a display device such as a CRT.

Here, when inputting a document, the user selects and inputs kana and kanji while looking at a guidance section on the display screen, and inputs words and phrases in sequence to create a sentence. Therefore, the user inputs data while looking at the guidance part on the display screen, and also visually checks the text display part, which results in duplicate visual checking operations, which takes a lot of time to input documents, and causes a lot of eye strain. Ta.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a word processor that can reduce eye fatigue caused by document input work and speed up document input operations.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention provides a main control device for converting an input character code string into a character code string including all kanji characters in a word processor;
In addition to the existing word processor mechanism such as a display device that displays and outputs a sentence containing kanji according to the character code converted by the main controller, it also converts the character code to be output to the same character code in response to the code conversion process of the main controller. a sub-control device that converts the code into a unique voice code; a speech synthesizer that synthesizes the voice code output from the sub-control device; and an audio output device that outputs the voice synthesized by the voice synthesizer. For example, the document to be output is a word,
Or, it has a structure that synthesizes speech in units of phrases, etc. and immediately outputs the speech.This allows the user to simultaneously output not only the display of the document but also the audio when inputting a document or outputting the currently input document. This reduces eye strain caused by document input work and speeds up document input operations.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a device according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a main control unit (CPU) including a microprocessor, memory, and peripheral control circuit;
is a display device which displays characters etc. as dots under the control of the main control device 1. Is 3 the key that generates a character code according to the operation input? - It is an input device such as a card.

4 is a speech synthesis conversion device that includes a microprocessor and performs speech synthesis conversion to generate speech corresponding to the character code input from the main control device 2;
is a sub-control unit (SU
B-CPU).

Here, the operation shown in FIG. 1 will be explained. First, a character code signal 20 to be converted into kanji is input from an input device 3 such as a keyboard to the main control unit (tl).

The character code input to the main control device 1 is converted into kanji and kana sentences after recognizing sentence units such as words and phrases using the conversion function of a conventional word processor. Send out.

Here, in the present invention, a speech synthesis conversion device 4 is added, and the character code signal 30t generated by the word/phrase recognition function and the kana-kanji conversion function, which are the original functions of a word processor, and the sub-control device 5 are processed. input, and the same sub-control device 5
sends a control signal and a voice code signal 40 for the character code to the voice synthesis conversion device 4. In this way, sounds corresponding to Kanji and Kana sentences are generated.

Furthermore, the speech synthesis conversion device 4 and the sub-control device 5,
Under the control of the main control device 1, it is also possible to echo back by voice the text equivalent to one page displayed on a display screen such as a CRT.

By having the above-described configuration, when inputting kana and kanji from the input device 3 and sequentially inputting them in units of words and phrases, it is possible to input while visually observing the guidance part of the display screen and execute the input. At the same time, the next input operation can be continued while confirming the input audibly using voice echo back.

Therefore, it is possible to input text while minimizing the movement of the eyes on the display screen, thereby reducing eye fatigue.

In addition, since one screen can be checked sequentially through audio echo back, input errors that could not be detected by visual inspection alone can be discovered.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the word processor of the present invention, there is a main control device that converts an input character code string into a character code string mixed with kanji, and a display output of a sentence mixed with kanji according to the character code converted by the main control device. In addition to an existing word processor mechanism such as a display device, a sub-control device converts the character code to be outputted into a voice code specific to the code in response to the code conversion process of the main control device;
It is equipped with a speech synthesis device that synthesizes the speech code output from the sub-control device, and a speech output device that outputs the speech synthesized by the speech synthesis device. By creating a structure that synthesizes speech in units of text and immediately outputs speech, when inputting a document,
Alternatively, when outputting the already input sentence ti, it is possible to simultaneously recognize not only the display of the sentence IFf but also the voice, thereby alleviating eye fatigue caused by document input work and speeding up the document input operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Main control unit (CPU), 2... Display device, 3
...Input device, 4...Speech synthesis conversion device, 5...
Sub-control unit (SUB-CPU). Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] A main control device that converts an input character code string into a character code string mixed with Kanji, a display device that displays and outputs a sentence mixed with Kanji according to the character code converted by this main control device, and a code conversion process of the main control device. A sub-control device that responds and converts the character code to be outputted into a voice code specific to the same code, a voice synthesizer that synthesizes the voice code output from the sub-control device into voice, and this voice synthesizer. A word processor comprising a voice output device that outputs synthesized voice.