JPS6391735A - Readout and collate device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To correct a text quickly by simultaneously displaying a cursor in the text on the display picture of a display means corresponding to a sound part that a text sound synthesizing means produces. CONSTITUTION:According to an address at which characters and marks outputted from a text storage part 4 are stored, a cursor generation part 8 generates the cursor displayed at the position corresponding to a text display part 5. When an operator reads proofs by collating the generated text with an original, he follows the original, bearing the sound that the text sound synthesizing means 6 synthesizes, and when he finds an abnormal point, the inputs a command signal from an input part 1 to stop reading the text. The cursor on the display picture of the text display part 5 is positioned near the point at which abnormality is found from the synthetic sound. Thus immediately he can find the point concerned, and corrects it, viewing the picture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a reading-aloud device that can be applied to a word processor or the like that creates industrial application texts (hereinafter used to refer to a collection of sentences).

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional word processors can input, edit, and output text to be created, but they do not have a read-aloud function.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Conventionally, in order to check whether there are any errors in the input text, it is necessary to compare the text output on the display screen or the printed text with the manuscript.
Methods used included two people reading together, or one person taking turns comparing the manuscript and the text they had created. Of course it is more efficient for two people to read together,
The disadvantage is that it requires two people.

Means for Solving Problems The present invention provides an input means such as a keyboard for inputting text and various commands, a text storage means for storing text, and a text voice for converting the contents of the text storage means into speech and outputting the same. a synthesizing means, a display means for displaying the content of the text, and a cursor display means for simultaneously displaying a cursor on a text portion of the display screen of the display means corresponding to the portion of the text to be uttered that is uttered by the synthesis means. This is a reading device consisting of the following.

inputting text and various commands through an input means such as a working keyboard, converting the contents of the text storage means into voice and outputting the same through the text storage means;
Display means displays the content of the text, and cursor display means simultaneously displays a cursor on a text portion of the display screen of the display means corresponding to the portion of the text to be uttered that is uttered by the synthesis means. It is.

The embodiment diagram is an embodiment of the present invention. This will be explained using the Kana-Kanji conversion method as an example. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit for inputting text to be created or for giving commands to correct or edit the created text, and a keyboard, mouse, etc. are used for this input unit.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a text creation section, which converts the sentences input in the input section 1 into kanji, kana, and kanji texts according to the contents of the dictionary 3, and converts the sentences inputted in the input section 1 into kanji, kana, and kanji sentences according to the contents of the dictionary 3, and converts the sentences into kanji, kana, and kanji sentences according to the contents of the dictionary 3, and converts the sentences into kanji, kana, and kanji sentences according to the contents of the dictionary 3, and converts the sentences into kanji, kana, and kanji sentences according to the contents of the dictionary 3. Various operations are performed. Reference numeral 3 is a dictionary, which stores information on kana-kanji conversion, rules for combining independent words, attached words, and the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a text storage section in which the text created by the text creation section 2 is stored. At this time, for kanji that have homophones, that fact is memorized at the same time. Reference numeral 6 denotes a text display section configured to output and display the contents of the text storage section 4 in kanji and kana characters on a CRT screen or the like. Reference numeral 6 denotes a text-to-speech synthesis section which converts the text stored in the text storage section 4 as symbols corresponding to each character into an audio signal, and a well-known device such as a formant synthesizer can be used.

7 is a speaker or earphone that outputs the audio signal as a sound wave. A cursor generating section 8 generates a cursor to be displayed at a corresponding position on the text display section 6 according to the storage address of the character symbol output from the text storage section 4.

It is clear that with this configuration, a cursor can be displayed at a position on the display screen of the display section 5 that corresponds to the voice output from the text synthesis section 6.

In such a configuration, the user operates as follows. In other words, the created text is corrected by comparing it with the manuscript, but when an abnormality is discovered by following the manuscript while listening to the voice synthesized by the text-to-speech synthesis section 6, it is corrected from the input section 1. If a command signal to stop reading out the text is input, the position of the cursor on the display screen of the text display section 6 should be exactly in the vicinity of the position where the abnormality was discovered in the synthesized speech. Therefore, you must immediately find the relevant part and correct it while looking at the screen.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, by introducing text-to-speech rule synthesis technology for reading together text created by a word processor, it is possible to reduce the amount of time that conventionally required two people to read aloud together. Now it only takes a person,
When reading aloud, the cursor always indicates the correspondence between the synthesized voice and the corresponding position on the display screen, so when you discover a mistake in the synthesized voice, you can immediately find the corresponding part on the display screen that needs to be corrected. This made it possible to speed up corrections.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. 1...Input section, 2...Text creation section, 3...Dictionary, 4...Text storage section, 6...Text display Section, 6...Text-to-speech synthesis section, 7...Speaker, 8...
...Cursor generation part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] input means such as a keyboard for inputting text and various commands; text storage means for storing the text;
text-to-speech synthesis means for converting the contents of the text storage means into speech and outputting the same; display means for displaying the contents of the text; and the display corresponding to the portion of the text to be uttered that is uttered by the synthesis means. A reading-aloud device comprising: cursor display means for simultaneously displaying a cursor on a text portion of a display screen of the means.