JP2000353074A - Structure selection reading processing method and recording medium recording program for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select the type of a tag in a text and to read only a pertinent part by adding a function for reading contents for the respective types of HTML tags by sound to a key on a keyboard. SOLUTION: Text information described in an HTML system is read and displayed on an internet browser. HTML tags used in displayed text information are classified into 'large header', 'small header' and 'minute information' for respective types. A function for reading the types of the HTML tags of the classified 'large header', 'small header' and 'minute information', whole text information and the part of a link destination is allocated to a function key on a keyboard. A user depresses the function key corresponding to the part to be read. The part of the HTML tag similar to the HTML tag allocated to the function key that the user depresses is read from text information by sound.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure selection read-out processing method for selectively reading out text information written in HTML format, and a recording medium on which a program for the process is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic text information is stored in H
Instead of selecting the type of TML tag, the text information is read continuously from the beginning.

[0003]

Generally, according to the layout displayed on the screen, paragraphs and document breaks such as “major headings”, “minor headings”, and “detailed information” included in text information are distinguished. You can browse according to. However, if you can't use vision, for example, if you're using audio only, you'll need to list text information,
There is no way to distinguish between paragraphs and sentences. In particular,
Visually impaired people who use screen-to-speech technology
The system must wait until the contents read from the beginning of the text encounter the desired (desired) information, resulting in inefficient access to the required information.

[0004] Also, when searching in text information, it is necessary to search from information read out from the system, and it depends on the information read out. In particular, it is difficult for visually impaired persons to have a real feeling of actively operating information on the network.

An object of the present invention is to select a type of tag in text and read out only a corresponding portion.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a file in an HTML format is read and the type of an HTML tag is selected.

According to the present invention, the keys on the keyboard are HTML
Added a function to read out the contents of each tag type by voice,
"Major headings", "subheadings", and "detailed information" in text can now be selectively read aloud.

(Process 1): Text information described in HTML format is read and displayed on an existing Internet browser. (Process 2): HTML added to the read text
Determine the type of tag.

(Process 3): The key on the keyboard is HTM
A function to read out is assigned to each type of L tag. (Process 4): The same HTML tag as the HTML tag assigned to the key pressed by the user is read out of the text information.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

(Step S1): Text information described in the HTML format is displayed by an Internet browser application such as Netscape Navigator by Netscape or Internet Explorer by Microsoft.

(Step S2): HTML tags used in the displayed text information are classified into "large headings", "small headings", "detailed information" and the like for each type.

(Step S3): Classified "big headline"
The function of reading out the text information, the entire text information, and the linked part by voice for each type of the HTML tags of “subheadline” and “detailed information” is assigned to the function key on the keyboard. Table 1 is a table for explaining the correspondence between the operation of the function key and the range to be read out.

[0014]

[Table 1]

For example, when the function key F3 is pressed, the headline displayed on the page is read out.

(Step S4): The user presses a function key corresponding to a portion to be read aloud. (Step S5): The same HTML tag as the HTML tag assigned to the function key pressed by the user is read aloud from the text information.

In the case of Table 1, as a range to be read out aloud when pressed, the F1 key indicates "one sentence at the current cursor position", the F2 key indicates "all sentences displayed on the page", and the F3 key indicates "one sentence.""All major headlines displayed on the page", F4 key "All subheadings displayed on the page", F5 key "All detailed information displayed on the page", F6 key " A place with a link destination in a page "is assigned.

In the reading processing method described with reference to FIG. 1, a program capable of executing the processing method is prepared, and the program can be stored in a recording medium. Therefore, the present invention also covers such a recording medium.

[0019]

The present invention is embodied in the form described above and has the following effects.

(1) It is possible to distinguish paragraphs and sentences in text information without using visual sense, and to perform browsing according to the purpose. (2) Compared with the conventional voice reading method, the waiting time until the target information is encountered is reduced, and the access efficiency to necessary information is improved. (3) Compared with the conventional text-to-speech system, the time to wait for the unnecessary reading of the information to be completed is reduced, and a feeling of actively operating information on the Internet is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masako Ito 1-31 Gotenyama, Musashino-shi, Tokyo NTT Advanced Technology Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B082 EA01 EA07 GC03 GC04 GC06

Claims (4)

[Claims] In a text-to-speech processing method for reading out all or a part of text information described in HTML format by voice, a process for selecting a type of an HTML tag added to the read text information is provided. A means for designating a range to be read out for each type of HTML tag, a process of identifying that one of the means has been pressed by the user, and a location of the HTML tag corresponding to the result of the identification in the text information. And performing a process of reading aloud from inside. 2. An HTML format file is read, and
2. The type of TML tag is selected.
The described structure selection read-out processing method. 3. An HTML format file is read, and
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a key is assigned to each type of TML tag. 4. A recording medium in which a data processing device readablely records a program for reading out all or a part of text information described in HTML format by voice, and is added to the read text. Processing for selecting the type of HTML tag given, means for specifying a range to be read out for each type of HTML tag, processing for identifying that one of the means has been pressed by the user, and processing for identifying A program for executing a process of reading out a portion of an HTML tag corresponding to the result of the above from the text information by voice.