JPH0644156A - Outgoing/incoming system for electronic mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit a content with voice following the intention of a transmitter by transmitting pronunciation information and vocalization information with the outgoing/incoming system of an electronic main dealing with display information and voice output information. CONSTITUTION:A means 5 selecting vocalization designation, a means 6 constituting the electronic mail based on display information, pronunciation information and the designation of vocalization, a means 12 reading the designation of vacalization from the electronic mail at the time of incoming, obtaining vocalization information from the designation of vocalization and sets vocalized voice in a voice output means 14 and the voice output means 14 are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for sending and receiving electronic mail, and more particularly to voice output.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an e-mail that handles display information and pronunciation information, the pronunciation information of the e-mail received at the time of incoming call processing is converted into a voice by a voice output process and is output. The voice that is uttered for information only is preset in the voice output device, and the voice output of any electronic mail is performed with only one type of voice.

[0003]

In the prior art, since the voice output of the incoming electronic mail is performed by only one type of voice set in the voice output device, a fixed voice is irrespective of the sender's intention or gender. Therefore, it is difficult to convey the intention of the caller to the callee, or the correspondence between the caller and the voice is difficult for the callee.

[0004]

According to the electronic mail transmission method of the present invention, a keyboard input means, a hiragana conversion means for converting an input from the input means into a hiragana sentence, and a kana-kana mixed sentence from a hiragana sentence are given. Kanji conversion means, storage means for temporarily storing converted hiragana sentences and kanji / kana mixed sentences, means for obtaining utterance information from voice designation, and temporarily stored hiragana sentences / kanji / kana mixed sentences and utterance information by e-mail, respectively. It has means for composing an electronic mail as pronunciation information, display information, and utterance information, and means for transmitting the electronic mail.

The electronic mail receiving method according to the present invention is a means for receiving an electronic mail, a means for temporarily storing the received electronic mail, and a means for reading out the hiragana sentence which is the read information of the temporarily stored received electronic mail. A means for reading a kanji / kana mixed sentence which is display information, a means for reading utterance information, and a means for displaying a kanji / kana mixed sentence,
A voice output means for outputting a sound corresponding to the hiragana of a hiragana sentence based on utterance information.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are block diagrams of an originating side and a receiving side, respectively, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 is a keyboard input means for inputting on the keyboard. Reference numeral 100 denotes an input signal when the content of the electronic mail is input. Reference numeral 101 denotes an input signal for designating utterance. Reference numeral 2 is a hiragana conversion means. Reference numerals 200 and 201 denote the signals of the Hiragana sentence resulting from the Hiragana conversion, and the signal 200 is sent to the Kana-Kanji conversion means 3. The signal 201 is temporarily stored in the storage means 4. 3 is a kana-kanji conversion means. Three
Reference numeral 00 indicates a signal of display data to the display means 8 showing the progress of kana-kanji conversion. Reference numeral 301 denotes a signal of a kana-kanji mixed sentence as a kana-kanji conversion result, which is sent to the storage means 4. 40
0 is a temporarily stored hiragana sentence signal which is sent to the electronic mail generation means 6. 401 is a signal of a temporarily stored kanji or kana sentence, which is sent to the electronic mail generating means 6. Reference numeral 5 is a voicing designating means, and the voicing designation is obtained from the keyboard input means 1. Reference numeral 500 denotes a voice designation signal, which is sent to the electronic mail generation means 6. Reference numeral 501 indicates a signal of data for menu, which is sent to the display means 8. The electronic mail generating means 6 generates an electronic mail according to the electronic mail format of FIG. 3 based on the kanji / kana mixed sentence, the hiragana sentence, and the utterance designation temporarily stored from the storage means 4. Reference numeral 600 indicates a signal of the generated electronic mail. Reference numeral 7 denotes an electronic mail transmitting means. The display means 8 displays a menu of kana-kanji conversion progress and utterance designation.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 9 indicates an electronic mail receiving means. Reference numeral 900 denotes a signal of the received electronic mail, which is sent to the storage means 10. The storage unit 10 sequentially stores the received e-mails and also stores the voicing information set in the voice output unit 14. Reference numeral 1000 indicates a signal of an electronic mail to be read. Reference numeral 1001 indicates a signal of vocalization information. 1
Reference numeral 1 is a means for deciding an e-mail to be read, and deciding an e-mail to be read from an input from the keyboard input means. An electronic mail 1100 is set in the reading means 13 by designating an electronic mail to be read. Reference numeral 12 indicates a vocalization information setting means,
The voicing designation of the e-mail to be read is acquired from the reading unit 13, and the voicing information corresponding to the voicing designation is read from the storage unit 10 and set in the voice output unit 14. Reference numeral 1200 represents a signal of vocalization information set in the audio output unit 14. The electronic mail reading means 13 specifies the electronic mail to be read and the information to be read, that is, display information, pronunciation information,
The information designated by the designation indicating one of the utterance designations is read. Reference numeral 1300 indicates the read utterance designating signal. Reference numeral 1301 indicates a signal of the read display information. Thirteen
Reference numeral 02 indicates a signal of the read pronunciation information. The voice output means 14 inputs a hiragana sentence and outputs a voice. Reference numeral 15 indicates a display means. Reference numeral 16 indicates a keyboard input means. 1
Reference numeral 600 indicates a keyboard input signal, which is sent to the means 11 for determining the electronic mail to be read.

FIG. 3 shows the format of electronic mail.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a header, which indicates that the following information is display information. Reference numeral 21 is display information, which is composed of kanji and kana mixed sentences. Reference numeral 22 denotes a header, which indicates that the following information is phonetic information. Reference numeral 23 is pronunciation information, which is composed of hiragana sentences. Reference numeral 24 denotes a header, which indicates that the following information is the utterance designation. 25 is a voice designation.

The transmission operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the process 31, the input of the e-mail made in the Roman alphabet is converted into the character code of the alphabet corresponding to the Roman alphabet by the keyboard input means 1 and sent to the hiragana conversion means 2 by the signal 100. In process 32, the hiragana conversion means 2 is used to convert the signal 100 into a hiragana sentence. The conversion result is input to the kana-kanji conversion means 3 by the signal 200, sent by the signal 201, and temporarily stored in the storage means 4. In process 33, kana-kanji conversion is performed by using kana-kanji conversion means 3 and the resulting signal 30
1 is temporarily stored in the storage means 4. The progress of kana-kanji conversion is displayed on the display means 8. Reference numeral 300 denotes a kana-kanji conversion progress signal sent to the display means 8. In step 34, it is determined whether the input of the e-mail has been completed. If it has not been completed, step 3
If the process returns to step 1 and is completed, the process proceeds to step 35. In process 35, the utterance designating means 5 is used to obtain the utterance designation by the menu displayed on the screen and the selection by the keyboard 1. The selected utterance designation signal 500 is sent to the electronic mail generation means 6. Reference numeral 501 indicates the display content of the menu, which is sent to the display means 8. In the process 36, the electronic mail generating means 6 is used to generate an electronic mail from the kanji / kana mixed sentence which is the display information of the electronic mail temporarily stored in the storage means 4, the hiragana sentence which is the pronunciation information, and the utterance designation. . That is, the kana-kana mixed sentence is read from the storage means 4 and the header 2 is added to the beginning thereof. Next, the pronunciation information is read from the storage means 4 and the header 22 is added to the head of the pronunciation information. Finally header 2
4 and utterance designation are added to generate an e-mail. Process 3
An electronic mail sending means 7 sends an electronic mail.

Next, the flow of voice output processing of an incoming e-mail will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the electronic mail is received by the receiving means 9 and sequentially stored in the storage means 10. In process 41, the deciding means 11 is used to decide the e-mail to be read. E-mail determination means 11
Then, the e-mail to be read is determined by the input from the keyboard input means 16. Specify email to read 11
00 is set in the electronic mail reading means 13. In the process 42, the voice output means 1 is used by using the utterance information setting means 12.
Set vocalization information to 4. The utterance information setting means 12 instructs the e-mail reading means 13 to read the utterance designation and acquires the utterance designation 1300. The voicing information 1001 corresponding to the voicing designation 1300 is searched and acquired from the voicing information stored in the storage unit 10 and set in the voice output unit 14. In process 43, the display information 1301 of the electronic mail is read using the electronic mail reading means and is displayed using the display means 15. In process 44, the hiragana sentence which is the pronunciation information of the e-mail is read by using the e-mail reading means and sent to the voice output means 14 for voice output. Reference numeral 1302 indicates a signal of a hiragana sentence. In process 45, it is determined whether the reading is completed or not, and if not completed, the process returns to process 41.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the voicing information is set in the voice output device on the called side by adding the voicing information for determining the voicing together with the display information and the pronunciation information as an electronic mail. By performing voice output, the effect that the content of the mail can be transmitted to the callee with the voice intended by the caller or with a voice that can easily correspond to the caller.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a calling side according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a called side of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of an electronic mail used in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation on the calling side shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a flowchart showing the operation on the called side shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Keyboard Input Means 2 Hiragana Converting Means 3 Kana-Kanji Converting Means 4 Storage Means 5 Speaking Designating Means 6 E-mail Generating Means 7 E-mail Sending Means 8 Display Means 9 E-mail Receiving Means 10 Memory Means 11 Means for Determining E-mails to Read 12 voice information setting means 13 electronic mail reading means 14 voice output means 15 display means 16 keyboard input means 20 display information header 21 display information 22 sounding header 23 sounding information 24 voice specifying header 25 voice specifying

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard input means, a hiragana conversion means for converting an input from the input means into a hiragana sentence, a kanji conversion means for giving a kanji-kana mixed sentence from a hiragana sentence, and a converted hiragana sentence and a kanji-kana mixed sentence. The storage means for temporarily storing the voice, the means for obtaining the vocalization information from the designation regarding the voice, the temporarily stored hiragana sentence, the kanji mixed kana sentence, and the vocalization information are composed as the pronunciation information, the display information, and the vocalization information of the email, respectively. And a means for transmitting an electronic mail. 2. A means for receiving an e-mail, a storage means for temporarily accumulating the received e-mail, a means for reading out the hiragana sentence which is the read information of the temporarily stored received e-mail, and a kanji character for displaying information. It is characterized by having a means for reading a mixed sentence, a means for reading vocal information, a means for displaying a mixed kanji-kana sentence, and a voice output means for outputting a sound corresponding to the hiragana of a hiragana sentence based on vocal information. The method of receiving email.