KR20090054616A - Search method of a voice terminal using guide word - Google Patents

Abstract

An index searching method for a voice reading terminal for the blind is provided to enable the blind to quickly search and listen to electronic information of a chapter in which an index is positioned by inputting/searching the initial sound of the index. A blind person inputs the initial sound of an index which he/she wants to listen to on a voice reading terminal. The voice reading terminal determines whether the inputted initial sound coincides with one of indexes of a database. If the same index as the inputted initial sound exists, the voice reading terminal outputs the electronic information of a chapter having the index through the voice. However, if the same index as the inputted initial sound does not exists, the blind person inputs the initial sound of an index which he/she wants to listen to again.

Description

Search method of a voice terminal using guide word for the visually impaired terminal

The present invention relates to an index word search method for a speech reading terminal for the visually impaired, and more particularly, to store information indexed in a speech reading terminal provided for the visually impaired and to search the stored information through an index. The present invention relates to an index word retrieval method for a speech reading terminal for the visually impaired, which enables users to search and listen to the information of a unit easily and quickly.

In general, visually impaired people have vision loss, but hearing and touch are normally developed, and thus information is mainly acquired through hearing.

In the past, the visually impaired person simply acquired information through Braille characters through a method of acquiring books or text information. However, in recent years, due to the development of the multimedia information industry, voice readout is performed by converting electronic information into voice. Various information is acquired through the terminal.

As such, a voice reading terminal for the visually impaired based on a miniaturized voice interface is being researched and developed so that the visually impaired person can access the electronic information through tactile sense and hearing. Currently, the character recognition, image type recognition, and voice interface using the tactile sense Integrated terminals are commercially available and are on sale.

However, the terminal has been developed for the convenience of the visually impaired, focusing on additional functions of the terminal in terms of hardware, and it is difficult to search and listen to only the information desired by the visually impaired among the electronic information input to the terminal. It was.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the database of the electronic information input to the terminal by keyword or unit to index and input the initiality of the index words to listen in the databaseized electronic information to the terminal The present invention provides a method of searching an index word for a speech reading terminal for a visually impaired person, by searching for an index word and outputting the electronic information of the unit in which the index word is located.

As described above, the present invention indexes the electronic information of the terminal by keyword or unit, makes a database, and inputs and searches only the initial consonant of the index word through the input device of the terminal so that the electronic information of the unit where the index word is located can be quickly searched and immediately listened to. It is a very useful invention.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of indexing a database of electronic information stored in a voice reading terminal or newly stored electronic information by keyword or unit, and inputting a consonant of an index word to be listened to in the voice reading terminal. And determining whether the input initiality matches the index word of the database. When there is an index word matching the input initiality, the electronic information of the unit in which the index word is located is spoken and spoken. If there is no matching index word, it consists of inputting the initiality of the index word to be listened to again.

The voice reading terminal refers to a miniaturized tactile and voice interface-based terminal that is visually impaired and can be portable with electronic information (text, image, video material; hereinafter referred to as "electronic information") through touch and hearing.

In addition, recently, as multimedia information services including voice, text, picture, video, and the like have been developed, terminals capable of efficiently supporting hearing and touch of the visually impaired have been developed to utilize and receive the electronic information.

As such, the visually impaired person acquires electronic information through tactile sense and hearing. When acquiring electronic information through the hearing, the user has to press the start of the terminal or receive only electronic information of a predetermined unit.

Therefore, the present invention has a step of indexing the electronic information stored in the voice reading terminal or the electronic information to be stored by keyword or unit and database. That is, due to the development of the information industry, a terminal can store a large amount of electronic information as data, and the keyword or the keyword that can represent the electronic information so that the visually impaired can receive only the desired electronic information among the electronic information. In order to distinguish the units of the electronic information, the unit is indexed by the unit to build a database.

In order to retrieve the databased electronic information, the visually impaired person inputs the first consonant of the index word to be listened to through the input device of the terminal.

In this case, inputting the initial consonant of the index word, that is, only consonants, is for easily and quickly searching the electronic information of the terminal and providing the same.

The input device of the terminal may include a braille keyboard for recognizing a character using a tactile sense of a finger. In addition, a voice recognition device for converting a voice into a text may be recognized.

It is determined whether the initiality of the input index word matches the index word of the database. When there is an index word that matches the input initial value in the database, the electronic information of the unit in which the index word is located is output as a voice. If there is no index word that matches the input property, the entry of the index word to listen again is input.

In addition, when there are a large number of index words that match the first index of the index word, the vowel following the first first word is inputted to be searched again so that the electronic information of the unit to be listened to is provided. In addition, if there are a large number of searched index words, the electronic information may be selected through voice guidance of the terminal.

In the present invention having the above-described process as described in more detail taking the case of the Bible stored in the electronic information as follows.

The Bible is divided into Old Testament and New Testament. At the beginning of the voice reading of the Old Testament and the New Testament, the Old Testament is indexed as “A” which is composed of “Old Testament” and the New Testament is “New Testament”. Index with “ㅇ ㅇ” consisting of the initials of ”.

The Old Testament and the New Testament are divided into units, respectively, to construct a database by indexing the consonants forming the initial consonants of each unit.

In other words, the New Testament is composed of 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians, ~, John, Revelation, etc., in the case of 1 Corinthians, the first entry is "index." Each of the above chapters is also divided into chapters and verses, which in the case of 1 Corinthians 1 and 2 are indexed as “ㄱ ㄹㄷㅅㅅ 1 2”.

The entry of the index word to be listened to is input to the terminal in which the indexed electronic information (the Bible) is stored, and it is determined whether an index word matching the input entry index exists in the electronic information.

If there is an index word that matches the initial consonant input to the terminal, it is possible to listen to the electronic information of the unit in which the index word is located.

In this case, when there is no index word that matches the input consonant, the first consonant is input again. When a plurality of index words matching the input consonant exist, the first consonant is input to search the index word.

That is, in the Old Testament, there is a unit of “Job, Lamentations, and Baby” with the same initials, which are the same with each “O”. Therefore, in this case, the vowel “ㅛ, ㅐ, ㅏ” following the initial constellation can be distinguished and the electronic information of the desired unit can be provided through this.

As described above, the present invention is to build a database by indexing the electronic information stored in the voice reading terminal, and to receive the desired electronic information quickly and easily by inputting and searching for the entry of the index word to listen to the terminal.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a search method for an index word for a speech reading terminal for the visually impaired according to the present invention.

Claims (2)

Indexing the electronic information stored in the audio reading terminal or the electronic information to be stored by keyword or unit into a database, inputting the initial consonants of the index words to be listened to in the audio reading terminal, and inputting the initial consonants in the database And if the index word coincides with the input consonant, the electronic information of the unit in which the index word is located is spoken out, and if the index word coincides with the input consonant, A method of searching an index word for a speech reading terminal for a visually impaired user, comprising: inputting a consonant of an index word to be listened to. The method of claim 1, wherein when there are a plurality of index words that match the first index of the index word, the vowels following the first first letter are input to distinguish the units.

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