Invention Grant
US08494860B2 Voice output device, information input device, file selection device, telephone set, and program and recording medium of the same
有权
语音输出设备,信息输入设备,文件选择设备,电话机,以及程序和记录介质
- Patent Title: Voice output device, information input device, file selection device, telephone set, and program and recording medium of the same
- Patent Title (中): 语音输出设备,信息输入设备,文件选择设备,电话机,以及程序和记录介质
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Application No.: US12136963Application Date: 2008-06-11
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Publication No.: US08494860B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Chieko Asakawa , Tohru Ifukube , Shuichi Ino , Hironobu Takagi
- Applicant: Chieko Asakawa , Tohru Ifukube , Shuichi Ino , Hironobu Takagi
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Ido Tuchman; Anne V. Dougherty
- Priority: JP2003-307271 20030829
- Main IPC: G09B21/006
- IPC: G09B21/006

Abstract:
A device, computer program and method for outputting linguistic information. The voice output device, for example, includes an output information acquisition unit acquiring linguistic information and attribute information. Attribute information includes an attribute added to each linguistic element included in the linguistic information. A tactile pattern storage unit stores a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to each linguistic element. A tactile pattern acquisition unit acquires the tactile pattern from the tactile pattern storage unit. A voice output unit reads aloud the linguistic elements and a tactile pattern output unit outputs, in parallel with reading aloud each linguistic element, the tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to the linguistic element, thereby allowing a user to sense the tactile pattern by the sense of touch.
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