| US 7,603,280 B2 | ||
| Speech output apparatus, speech output method, and program | ||
| Makoto Hirota, Kanagawa (Japan); and Hideo Kuboyama, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/612,603. | ||
| Application 11/612603 is a division of application No. 10/216753, filed on Aug. 13, 2002, granted, now 7,203,647. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-250409 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2001; application No. 2001-250410 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2001; and application No. 2001-250412 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0088539 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G10L 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 704—278 [704/267; 704/258; 704/270; 704/272] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A speech output apparatus comprising:
conversion means for converting character data into synthetic speech data;
output means for outputting music and synthetic speech based on the synthetic speech data; and
control means for controlling an output timing of the synthetic speech,
wherein said control means begins to output the synthetic speech after completion of output of a tune which is being output.
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