Device and method for generating scenario suitable for use as presentation materials

A method of generating a scenario suitable for use as presentation materials, wherein a reproduced scenario describing layout information of respective contents and a relationship of synchronism and reproduction between the contents in multimedia contents used for a presentation is generated, comprising the following the steps of:

• reproducing and displaying the multimedia contents including text data, image data, motion picture data, voice data and programs, based on reproduction operations of an explainer;
• recording descriptive operations including control operations of said explainer and command operations relative to a specific display point of said displayed reproduced contents and recording speaker information of said explainer, including at least voice information;
• determining layout information of respective contents and the relationship of synchronism and reproduction between the contents in relation to a group of the reproduced contents, a group of descriptive operation contents for reproducing the command operations and the recorded speaker information of said explainer, based on said recorded control operations, thereby to generate a reproduced scenario having a multimedia title;
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• generating said group of descriptive operation contents, based on information about the command operations of said recorded descriptive operations.

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein a scenario generation program for presentation materials, for generating a reproduced scenario describing layout information of respective contents and the relationship of synchronism and reproduction between the contents in multimedia contents used for a presentation, comprising:

• a contents reproducing part that reads and reproduces the corresponding contents from the multimedia contents including text data, image data, motion picture data, voice data and programs, based on control operations of an explainer;
• a speaker information recording part that receives and records therein speaker information including at least voice information upon reproduction of the multimedia contents by said contents reproducing part;
• a descriptive operation recording part that receives therein descriptive operations including control operations relative to said contents reproducing part and command operations relative to a specific display point of the reproduced contents displayed by said contents reproducing part and records the same therein as history information;
• a scenario generation processing part that determines layout information of respective contents and the relationship of synchronism and reproduction between the contents in relation to a group of the contents reproduced by said contents reproducing part in accordance with the history information, a group of descriptive operation contents for reproducing the command operations and the speaker information retained in said speaker information holding part to thereby generate a reproduced scenario having a multimedia title;
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• a descriptive operation contents generating part that generates the descriptive operation contents of an image for reproducing control operations, based on information about the command operations in the history information.