Data processing system with block attribute-based vocalization mechanism

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;
• text data extraction means for extracting text data from the obtained web page data on a block basis;
• attribute extraction means for extracting attributes of each of the blocks of text data extracted by said text data extraction means;
• vocalization order decision means for determining in what order to vocalize the blocks, based on the attributes extracted by said attribute extraction means;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing the text data contained in each block, according to the vocalization order that is determined by said vocalization order decision 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;
• replacement means for replacing a predetermined piece of information in the obtained web page data with another predetermined piece of information;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing the web page data that has been processed by said replacement 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;
• replacement means for replacing a predetermined piece of information in the obtained web page data with another predetermined piece of information;
• and
• vocalizing means for vocalizing the web page data that has been processed by said replacement means.