Text reading apparatus, text reading method and computer-readable medium storing text reading program
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHiroaki Ueda
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Abstract
A plurality of display control portions display multiple text sets simultaneously on a display screen. Meanwhile, only one reading portion converts a text set into voice to be read out. When the reading portion is not reading out the text set, a request for changing a selected text set is accepted, and when it is reading out the text set, such a request is rejected. Further, the title of the text set which is selected to be read out is displayed on the display. Since only one reading portion is provided, the exclusive control for reading out the text set can be facilitated. In addition, it is possible to easily identify which text set among multiple text sets is read out because the title of the work which is currently read out is displayed.
Claims11
A text-to-voice reading apparatus, comprising:
- at least one display means, each of said at least one display means displaying one or more text sets on a display screen;
- a selecting means for selecting one of said displayed text sets to be read out, said selecting means preventing read out of said text set and allowing the display of said text set on said display screen while another text set is being read out;
- and
- a reading means for reading out said selected text set as synthesized speech.
A text-to-voice reading method, comprising:
- selecting one of plural text sets displayed on at least one display screen to be read out;
- reading out said selected text set;
- and
- preventing read out of any other of said plural text sets and allowing the display of any other of said text sets on said display screen while said selected text set is being read out.
A computer-readable medium, comprising:
- a computer-readable data storage device;
- a text reading program stored on said device, said program comprising:
- a first program portion causing a computer to select one of plural text sets displayed on at least one display screen to be read out;
- a second program portion causing the computer to read out said selected text set;
- and
- a third program portion preventing read out of any other of said plural text sets and allowing the display of any other of said text sets on said display screen while said selected text set is being read out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.