Transliteration support device, transliteration support method, and computer program product

A transliteration support method, comprising:

• acquiring a text to be transliterated;
• adding a transliteration tag indicating a transliteration setting of the text to the text;
• extracting a transliteration pattern in which a frequent appearance transliteration setting frequently appearing in the transliteration settings indicated by the transliteration tags and an applicable condition when the frequent appearance transliteration setting is applied to the text are in association with each other;
• producing a synthesized voice using the transliteration pattern;
• reproducing the produced synthesized voice;
• calculating a transliteration reliability of each of the transliteration tags from transliteration history data including an update time of each of the transliteration tags stored in a storage unit,
• wherein the extracting calculates a reliability of each transliteration pattern using the calculated transliteration reliability of each of the transliteration tags and extracts only the transliteration pattern having a reliability equal to or larger than a certain reliability.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores therein a transliteration support program that causes a computer to function as:

• an acquisition unit that acquires a text to be transliterated;
• an addition unit that adds a transliteration tag indicating a transliteration setting of the text to the text;
• an extraction unit that extracts a transliteration pattern in which a frequent appearance transliteration setting frequently appearing in the transliteration settings indicated by the transliteration tags and an applicable condition when the frequent appearance transliteration setting is applied to the text are in association with each other;
• a generation unit that produces a synthesized voice using the transliteration pattern;
• a reproduction unit that reproduces the produced synthesized voice;
• a calculation unit that calculates a transliteration reliability of each of the transliteration tags from transliteration history data including an update time of each of the transliteration tags stored in a storage unit,
• wherein the extraction unit calculates a reliability of each transliteration pattern using the calculated transliteration reliability of each of the transliteration tags and extracts only the transliteration pattern having a reliability equal to or larger than a certain reliability.