Voice browser apparatus and voice browsing method

A document processing method comprising:

• a document obtaining step of obtaining a document written in a predetermined markup language from a designated source;
• a rule identification information extraction step of extracting a first attribute value of a first predetermined tag in the document obtained in said document obtaining step as rule identification information;
• a rule selecting step for selecting a rule corresponding to the extracted rule identification information from among a plurality of rules stored in a rule memory, each of the plurality of rules specifying respective sections of voice output contents and voice input candidates in the obtained document, and a predetermined one of the plurality of rules being selected in said rule selecting step if the predetermined tag is not contained in the obtained document;
• a document analyzing step of analyzing the document obtained in said document obtaining step based on the rule selected in said rule selecting step to extract voice output contents, voice input candidates, and designation information for designating a next processing object corresponding to each voice input candidate, from the respective sections of the obtained document specified by the rule selected in said rule selecting step, and in said document analyzing step, a second attribute value of the first predetermined tag is extracted as the voice output contents and text surrounded by second predetermined tags is extracted as the voice input candidates if the selected rule is a first rule, and text in a range from a head to a third predetermined tag in the document is extracted as the voice output contents and anchors in the range are extracted as the voice input candidates if the selected rule is a second rule;
• a voice outputting step of voice-outputting the voice output contents extracted in said document analyzing step;
• a voice recognizing step of voice-recognizing a voice input from a user;
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• a control step of checking the result of recognition obtained in said voice recognizing step against the input candidates extracted in said document analyzing step to control obtaining of a new document in said document obtaining step or next analysis in said document analyzing step based on a next processing object designated by designation information corresponding to an input candidate matching the recognition result.

A computer-executable program, embodied in a computer-readable medium, for controlling a computer to perform document processing, said program comprising codes for causing the computer to perform:

• a document obtaining step of obtaining a document written in a predetermined markup language from a designated source;
• a rule identification information extraction step of extracting a first attribute value of a first predetermined tag in the document obtained in said document obtaining step as rule identification information;
• a rule selecting step for selecting a rule corresponding to the extracted rule identification information from among a plurality of rules stored in a rule memory, each of the plurality of rules specifying respective sections of voice output contents and voice input candidates in the obtained document, and a predetermined one of the plurality of rules being selected in said rule selecting step if the predetermined tag is not contained in the obtained document;
• a document analyzing step of analyzing the document obtained in said document obtaining step based on the rule selected in said rule selecting step to extract voice output contents, voice input candidates, and designation information for designating a next processing object corresponding to each voice input candidate, from the respective sections of the obtained document specified by the rule selected in said rule selecting step, and in said document analyzing step, a second attribute value of the first predetermined tag is extracted as the voice output contents and text surrounded by second predetermined tags is extracted as the voice input candidates if the selected rule is a first rule, and text in a range from a head to a third predetermined tag in the document is extracted as the voice output contents and anchors in the range are extracted as the voice input candidates if the selected rule is a second rule;
• a voice outputting step of voice-outputting the voice output contents extracted in said document analyzing step;
• a voice recognizing step of voice-recognizing a voice input from a user;
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• a control step of checking the result of recognition obtained in said voice recognizing step against the input candidates extracted in said document analyzing step to control obtaining of a new document in said document obtaining step or next analysis in said document analyzing step based on a next processing object designated by designation information corresponding to an input candidate matching the recognition result.