TW201508734A - Method for converting contents of multi-pages into voice play and automatically switching content pages - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for converting contents of multi-pages into voice play and automatically switching content pages, which includes: use a terminal device to run a browsing program displaying content of one page of multiple pages, then the terminal device converts the displayed content of the page into a text message and sends it to a server; a voice message will be generated based on a voice database once the server receives the text message and then sends the voice message to the terminal device; the terminal device plays the voice message and after completion determines whether the content being displayed is the last page; if not the last, the terminal device switches the page to the following one and displays the content automatically, then again converts the content of the following page into another text message and sends it to the server and repeats the aforementioned steps until the content of the displayed page is the last page. By so doing, users run page switching without manual operations such as using a mouse or keyboard and are able to hear the voice corresponding texts to understand the contents of the multiple pages smoothly; hence, the convenience of this application is greatly improved.

Description

A method for converting a plurality of pages of text content into a voice play and automatically replacing a text content page

The present invention relates to a text-to-speech (TTS) method, and more particularly to a method capable of continuously playing a plurality of pages of text data without requiring a user to perform a form-changing operation.

According to modern media, traditional people such as books, newspapers, magazines, and other electronic media such as television, radio, and the Internet can get the news or knowledge needed for life or work. For the family, they usually use the time and pieces of life to enrich themselves through the above-mentioned media. Moreover, with the advancement of the technology industry, smart phones or tablets almost become the items that people carry with them. Therefore, people It is also common to get all kinds of news through a smart phone or tablet so that you can watch the content at any time.

However, when people use the smart phone or tablet to watch news content, they will be partially troubled. For example, for some commuters who commute by tram or bus, they will use the time of waiting for the bus and getting on the bus. Read the news content displayed on the smart phone. When the user stands in the car, it is usually necessary to hold the pull ring with one hand. At this time, the user can only hold the smart phone with one hand for reading, because the car is on the car. The flow of people is more frequent. Therefore, users who are able to avoid walking around must pay attention to the surrounding environment from time to time, causing the user's current reading progress to be interrupted, causing users to repeatedly search for the last reading. The paragraph is very inconvenient.

In order to solve the above problems, some users have pre-recorded sound files for users to download and store on terminal devices (such as desktop computers, smart phones, and tablets) so that users can simply listen to them. The content of the sound file, however, since the sound file is independent, it cannot be matched with the text content on the display screen of the terminal device (ie, the text content of the news), that is, if the user completely does not operate the terminal device Any page change operation may make The content of the sound heard by the user does not match the text content on the display screen of the terminal device. In addition, if the user matches the content of the sound with the content of the sound, the user must make a page change for the smart phone. The operation, for example, pressing a button or sliding on a touch screen, is a great inconvenience for the user to operate with only one hand in the case of shaking of the cabin.

With the development of the Internet, it has provided convenient applications for people at all levels of life, such as: email, instant news, video conferencing, blogs, online shopping, e-commerce, etc. Yes, the rich and instant news, entertainment, education, learning and other information on the Internet can be browsed according to personal needs or preferences. Therefore, the convenience and diverse content of the Internet has made it more and more It is an important conduit for people to obtain new information. Therefore, reading news on the Internet through various terminal devices is almost a must for people. Although users can obtain news content by listening only, it is customary. People still want to be able to match what they hear with the text they are viewing. Therefore, how to effectively solve the aforementioned problems becomes the main purpose of the present invention.

In view of the troubles and inconveniences in the use of the existing terminal device when playing the voice, the inventor has finally developed and designed a method for converting the text content of the plurality of pages into voice after long-term research and experiment. The method of playing and automatically replacing a text content page, in order to provide the user with a more convenient use experience and to enable the operator to have a place in the existing market.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for converting a plurality of pages of text content into a voice play and automatically replacing a text content page, the method being applied to a network system, the network system comprising at least one terminal device (eg: a desktop computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer and a server connected to the server via the Internet, and having a browsing program therein, the terminal device being able to use the browser in the browser A display page displays a page of content of a plurality of pages of text data (eg, news, comments), and the server has a voice database, and the voice database has a plurality of text materials and matching voice materials. The method enables the terminal device to display one page of the plurality of pages of text data on the display screen by using the browser, and the terminal device converts the text of the currently displayed text data into a text message. And transmitting the message to the server, and after receiving the text message, the server can generate a corresponding voice message according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database, and transmit the corresponding voice message to the terminal device, and then the terminal The device will receive the voice message and play it out, and after the voice message is finished playing, determine whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page, and if not, automatically display the next page text data on the display screen. The content, and converting the text of the text of the next page into another text message and transmitting to the server to repeat the foregoing steps until the currently displayed text of the page is the last page, so When the user browses the news on the webpage through the terminal device, and the news content is too long, the user does not need to stop the work at hand, operate the mouse or the keyboard to perform page change, and can smoothly listen to the corresponding voice. To understand the text content on the webpage, and greatly improve the convenience of use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for converting a plurality of pages of text content into a voice playback and automatically replacing a text content page, the method being applied to a terminal device having a browsing program and a voice database, wherein The terminal device can display one page of a plurality of pages of text data (eg, news, comments) on a display screen thereof, wherein the voice data library is provided with a plurality of text materials and matching voice materials. The method enables the terminal device to display one page of the plurality of pages of text data on the display screen by using the browser, and the terminal device can display the current content according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database. The text of the page text data matches the corresponding plurality of voice data, plays the voice data, and after playing the voice data, determines whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page, and if not, Automatically displaying the content of the text of the next page on the display screen, and repeating the foregoing steps until the currently displayed page This information is so far the last page, so, you can ensure that the text of the currently displayed terminal, can meet the voice content currently being played, and the user does not need additional operating mouse or keyboard action to change the page.

For your convenience, the review committee can make a further understanding and understanding of the purpose, technical features and effects of the present invention. The embodiments are combined with the drawings, and the details are as follows:

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1‧‧‧Network System

11‧‧‧ Terminal devices

110‧‧‧ display screen

111‧‧‧Browser

13‧‧‧Server

15‧‧‧Voice Database

1 is a schematic diagram of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention; 2 is a schematic diagram of a screen of an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3 is divided into a 3A diagram and a 3B diagram, and the junctions are A and B; And Figure 4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the present invention.

Check, the so-called text-to-speech (TTS) technology is able to convert text into sound, mainly in a voice database, pre-recorded a number of voice data, and each voice data Corresponding to one text respectively. Because of the aforementioned text-to-speech technology, it is mainly to provide human beings to work on a personal computer by listening to the way when they are visually injured or have a dyslexia. Therefore, the current text-to-speech technology usually only In order to play the display content on the current screen, the inventors have particularly applied text-to-speech technology to the present invention and improved it to provide a more convenient method of use.

The present invention is a method for converting a plurality of pages of text content into a voice play and automatically replacing a text content page. In an example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the method is applied to a network system 1, which The network system 1 includes at least one terminal device 11 (such as a desktop computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer) and a server 13 connected to the server 13 via the Internet. There is a browser 111 (such as: browser, reading software, email, etc.), and FIG. 2 is a screen presented by the browser 111. The terminal device 11 can be used by the browser 111. One page of the plurality of pages of text data (eg, news, comments) is displayed on the display screen 110 (as indicated by the dashed box in FIG. 2). However, in other embodiments of the present invention, the browser 111 can Different styles present the content of the text material, not just the style of Figure 2, which is first and foremost.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the server 13 is provided with a voice database 15 in which a plurality of text data and matching voice data are provided, when the terminal device 11 is activated. After the browser 111, the browser 111 can display one page of the plurality of pages of text data on the display screen 110, wherein the source of the text data Can be stored on the terminal device 11, or transmitted by other websites on the Internet (such as the YAHOO website), and the terminal device 11 will read the text of the currently displayed text of the page (eg, 2 is shown in the dashed box), and the text is converted into a text message, and then transmitted to the server 13. When the server 13 receives the text message, it will read the text message one by one. Each of the included texts, according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database 15, generates a voice message for each voice data matched by the text, that is, all the voices included in the voice message The data corresponds to all the text data in the text message, after which the server 13 transmits the voice message to the terminal device 11, and after receiving the voice message, the terminal device 11 will send the voice message. All the voice data in the play is played out for the user to listen to by the terminal device 11 and know the content on the current text data.

Finally, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, after the terminal device 11 finishes playing the voice message, it will judge whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page. Generally speaking, when there are multiple pages of text data. Usually, a mark is set at the end of each page of text data, and the terminal device 11 can determine whether the current text data is the last page or read the text of the subsequent page by reading the mark. Since the foregoing technology is a conventional technology, it will not be described here. As long as the terminal device 11 can determine whether it is the text data of the last page, it is the technical feature to be protected by the present invention. In addition, when the terminal device 11 determines that the currently displayed page text material is not the last page, it automatically displays the content of the next page of text data on the display screen 110, and displays the text of the next page of text data. And converting to another text message and transmitting to the server 13 to enable the server 13 to generate a corresponding voice message for the text of the text of the next page, and transmitting the corresponding voice message to the terminal device 11 for the terminal device 11 The voice data corresponding to the text data of the next page can be played, so that the user can continuously listen to the voice content of all the text materials without manually changing the page of the terminal device 11, and at the same time, when the user watches When the screen 110 is displayed, the currently played voice content can be matched with the currently displayed text content, and the convenience in use is greatly improved.

In order to clearly disclose the method of the foregoing embodiment, only the processing flow of the network system 1 will be described below. Please refer to FIGS. 1~3A and 3B: (201) the terminal device 11 starts the browsing program. 111, proceeds to step (202); (202) The terminal device 11 displays one page of the plurality of pages of text data on the display screen 110 by using the browser 111, and proceeds to step (203); (203) the terminal device 11 reads the currently displayed page text. The text of the data, and converting the text into a text message, proceeds to step (204); (204) the terminal device 11 transmits the text message to the server 13, proceeds to step (205); (205) the server Receiving and reading the content of the text message, and proceeding to step (206); (206) the server 13 matches the voice corresponding to all the characters in the text message according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database 15 Data, and corresponding to one of the voice messages, proceeds to step (207); (207) the server 13 transmits the voice message to the terminal device 11, proceeds to step (208); (208) the terminal device 11 receives the voice After the message, the voice message is played, and the process proceeds to step (209); (209) the terminal device 11 determines whether the voice message has been played, and if so, proceeds to step (210), otherwise returns to step (209); (210) The terminal device 11 judges the page currently displayed This information is the last one, if yes, the process ends, otherwise, to step (211); (211) of the terminal apparatus 11 automatically displays the contents of a text information on the screen, returns to step (203).

In summary, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, by the overall method of the present case, when the user browses the news (ie, text material) on the webpage through the terminal device 11, and the news content is too long, The user does not need to stop the work in his hand, and operates the mouse or the keyboard to perform page change, that is, the user can understand the text content on the webpage by listening to the corresponding voice without interruption, and when the user views the text content on the webpage, The current text content will also match the currently playing sound content, so that the user will not feel awkward and greatly improve the convenience of use.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the operator can set the voice database 15 on the terminal device 11, that is, the terminal device 11 can automatically transmit the text message to the server 13 without additional The matching generates a corresponding voice message and plays it out. To explain the method of the other embodiment in detail, the processing procedure of the terminal device 11 will be described. Please refer to the figures 1 to 2 and 4: (301) starting the browsing program 111, proceeding to step (302); (302) using the browsing program 111 to display one page of the plurality of pages of text data on the display screen 110, proceeding to step (303); (303) reading Taking the text of the currently displayed text of the page, proceeding to step (304); (304) matching the voice data corresponding to the text according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database 15, and proceeding to step (305); (305) playing the voice data, proceeding to step (306); (306) determining whether the voice data has been played back, if yes, proceeding to step (307), otherwise, returning to step (306); (307) determining the current display Whether the page text data is the last page, if yes, the process ends, otherwise, the process proceeds to step (308); (308) automatically displays the content of the next page text data on the display screen, and returns to step (303).

In this way, through the foregoing steps, the text content currently displayed by the terminal device can be ensured to conform to the currently played voice content, and since the voice data library is built in the terminal device, the efficiency of processing the voice of the terminal device 11 can be improved. Without the delay in network transmission, it affects the convenience of use, and the user does not need to operate the mouse or keyboard to change pages.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the claims of the present invention is not limited thereto, and according to those skilled in the art, according to the technical content disclosed in the present invention, Equivalent changes that are easily considered are within the scope of protection of the invention.

Claims (4)

A method for converting a plurality of pages of text content into a voice play and automatically replacing a text content page, the method being applied to a network system, the network system comprising at least one terminal device and a server, the terminal device being transmitted through the Internet The network is connected to the server, and has a browsing program. The terminal device displays one page of the plurality of pages of text data on a display screen thereof by the browsing program, and the server has a voice database. The voice database is provided with a plurality of text materials and matching voice data. The method is to enable the network system to perform the following steps: Step 1: The terminal device starts the browser and uses the browser to display the browser. Displaying one page of the text of the plurality of pages on the screen; Step 2: the terminal device converts the text of the currently displayed text of the page into a text message and transmits the message to the server; Step 3: The server receives the text And generating a corresponding voice message according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database, and transmitting to the message End device; step 4: the terminal device receives the voice message and plays it out; and step 5: after the terminal device finishes playing the voice message, it determines whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page, and if not, then Automatically displaying the content of the next page of text data on the display screen, and converting the text of the next page of text data into another text message and transmitting it to the server to repeat the foregoing step three to 5. Until the currently displayed text of the page is the last page. The method of claim 1, wherein the text materials are respectively provided with a mark, and the terminal device reads each of the marks to determine whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page. A method for converting a plurality of pages of text content into a voice playback and automatically replacing a text content page, the method being applied to a terminal device, wherein the terminal device is provided with a browsing program and a voice database, and the terminal device is browsed by the terminal device The program displays one page of the plurality of pages of text data on a display screen. The voice database is provided with a plurality of text materials and matching voice data, and the method causes the terminal device to perform the following steps: Step 1: Starting the browsing program, and using the browsing program to display one page of the plurality of pages of text data on the display screen; Step 2: displaying the currently displayed text data according to the text data and the voice data in the voice database All the characters respectively match the corresponding voice data; Step 3: Play the voice data; and Step 4: After the voice data is finished playing, determine whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page, if no , the content of the next page of text data is automatically displayed on the display screen, and the above steps 2 to 4 are repeated. Until the currently displayed page of text data up to the last page. The method of claim 3, wherein each of the text materials is provided with a mark, and the terminal device reads each of the marks to determine whether the currently displayed text data of the page is the last page.