Data processing system for vocalizing web content

A computer-readable medium storing a program which provides a user with vocalized information of web pages that are written in a markup language, the program causing a computer system to function as:

• call reception means for accepting a call from the user's telephone set;
• speech recognition means for recognizing a verbal message being received from the user's telephone set;
• web page data collection means, responsive to a request for a particular web page which is recognized by said speech recognition means, for making access to the requested web page to obtain web page data therefrom;
• keyword extraction means for extracting a predetermined keyword from the web page data;
• replacement means for locating a character string associated with the keyword extracted by said keyword extraction means, and modifying text of the web page data by replacing the located character string with another character string;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing at least a part of the resultant text which has been modified by said replacement means.

A data processing system which provides a user with vocalized information of web pages that are written in a markup language, comprising:

• call reception means for accepting a call from the user's telephone set;
• speech recognition means for recognizing a verbal message being received from the user's telephone set;
• web page data collection means, responsive to a request for a particular web page which is recognized by said speech recognition means, for making access to the requested web page to obtain web page data therefrom;
• keyword extraction means for extracting a predetermined keyword from the web page data;
• addition means for locating a character string associated with the keyword extracted by said keyword extraction means, and modifying text of the web page data by putting an additional character string to the located character string;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing at least a part of the resultant text that has been modified by said addition means.

A computer-readable medium storing a program which provides a user with vocalized information of web pages that are written in a markup language, the program causing a computer system to function as:

• call reception means for accepting a call from the user's telephone set;
• speech recognition means for recognizing a verbal message being received from the user's telephone set;
• web page data collection means, responsive to a request for a particular web page which is recognized by said speech recognition means, for making access to the requested web page to obtain web page data therefrom;
• keyword extraction means for extracting a predetermined keyword from the web page data;
• addition means for locating a character string associated with the keyword extracted by said keyword extraction means, and modifying text of the web page data by putting an additional character string to the located character string;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing at least a part of the resultant text that has been modified by said addition means.

A data processing system which provides a user with vocalized information of web pages that are written in a markup language, comprising:

• call reception means for accepting a call from the user's telephone set;
• speech recognition means for recognizing a verbal message being received from the user's telephone set;
• web page data collection means, responsive to a request for a particular web page which is recognized by said speech recognition means, for making access to the requested web page to obtain web page data therefrom;
• character string extraction means for extracting, from the obtained web page data, a group of character strings that have a semantical relationship;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing the group of character strings extracted by said character string extraction means.

A computer-readable medium storing a program which provides a user with vocalized information of web pages that are written in a markup language, the program causing a computer system to function as:

• call reception means for accepting a call from the user's telephone set;
• speech recognition means for recognizing a verbal message being received from the user's telephone set;
• web page data collection means, responsive to a request for a particular web page which is recognized by said speech recognition means, for making access to the requested web page to obtain web page data therefrom;
• character string extraction means for extracting, from the obtained web page data, a group of character strings that have a semantical relationship;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing the group of character strings extracted by said character string extraction means.