Audio font output device, font database, and language input front end processor

An audio font output device, comprising:

• an inputting unit that receives a plurality of first codes and second codes;
• a language input front end processor that transforms the plurality of input second codes into a sentence including characters by choosing from a dictionary based on a predetermined character code system;
• a font data base that stores a picture data for each of a plurality characters or symbols corresponding to each of the plurality of first codes, and an audio data corresponding to each of the plurality of second codes for a word, said word being formed from a plurality of the respective characters or the respective symbols, said audio data including musical information reflecting a meaning of the word, wherein audio reproduced using said audio data is different from an audible pronunciation of the word itself;
• a display unit that displays the character or the symbol based on the picture data corresponding to each of the plurality of input first codes;
• and
• an audio output unit that outputs an audio signal based on the audio data corresponding to each of the plurality of input second codes,
• wherein the audio data corresponding to the characters or the symbols are output sequentially in order of preference level set for each of word classes, said word classes including a noun, a verb, an adjective, and an imitative word, and
• wherein an interval between audio data corresponding to the characters or the symbols may be adjusted when said audio data corresponding to the characters or the symbols have no or weak correlation,
• when a user selects a first timing mode via a user interface, the audio output unit outputs the audio signal based on the audio data each time each of the characters is displayed on the display unit, and
• when the user selects a second timing mode via the user interface, the audio output unit outputs the audio signal based on the audio data for each of the characters included in the input sentence after a period is input.

A mail server that sends an electronic mail received from a signal transmission terminal through a network to a signal reception terminal through the network, said mail server comprising:

• a data base that stores an audio data corresponding to each of a plurality of codes for words in a dictionary based on a predetermined character code system, each of said words being formed from a plurality of characters or symbols and said audio data including musical information reflecting a meaning of the word, the words forming a sentence, wherein audio reproduced using said audio data is different from an audible pronunciation of the word itself;
• an audio data attaching unit that generates a sound source data based on the audio data or extracts the sound source data corresponding to one of the plurality of words, and attaches the sound source data to the electronic mail;
• and
• a transmission unit that transmits the electronic mail with the attached sound source data to the signal reception terminal,
• wherein the audio data corresponding to the characters or the symbols are output sequentially in order of preference level set for each of word classes, said word classes including a noun, a verb, an adjective, and an imitative word, and
• wherein an interval between audio data corresponding to the characters or the symbols may be adjusted when said audio data corresponding to the characters or the symbols have no or weak correlation,
• when a user selects a first timing mode via a user interface, the audio signal based on the audio data is output each time each of the characters is displayed, and
• when the user selects a second timing mode via the user interface, the audio signal based on the audio data is output for each of the characters included in the input sentence after a period is input.