Audio player for reproducing writing data as audio signals

An audio player for reproducing writing data as audio signals, comprising:

• a reading section for reading writing data and a plurality of retrieving tables, each of which includes data indicating interrelationship between each group of sentences in the writing data and a reproduction-starting position of each group thereof, from a recording medium;
• an input section for inputting a command for selecting the retrieving table and a command for retrieving the groups of sentences in the selected retrieving table;
• a memory section for storing the retrieving table;
• an audio reproducing section for converting the writing data into audio signals;
• and
• a control section reading the retrieving tables from the recording medium by said reading section and storing retrieving tables in said memory section, said control section retrieving the group of sentences in a selected retrieving table, which is selected by said input section, in said memory when said input section inputs the commands for selecting and retrieving, said control section reading the reproduction-starting position of the retrieved group of sentences, said control section reading the writing data of the retrieved group by said reading section and reproducing the writing data thereof, as audio signals, by said audio reproducing section.