READING INFORMATION CREATING DEVICE, READING INFORMATION CREATING METHOD, READING INFORMATION CREATING PROGRAM AND SPEECH SYNTHESIZER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve prediction accuracy of the accent of a compound word which is not registered in a compound word dictionary.;SOLUTION: A reading information creating device comprises a morphemic analyzing section 3 in which a text is divided into word groups; compound word dictionary recording sections 81 and 82, in which data including a data for indicating an accent connection style of the compound word are recorded; a compound word search section 4 for searching an included compound word which is included in the divided word group in the compound word dictionary recording sections 81 and 82; an accent connection determining section 5 for determining the accent connection style of the included compound word, by searching a plurality of similar compound words which are similar, based on the accent connection word of a plurality of similar compound words, when the included compound word is not found, as a result of the searching; an accent connection rule applying section 6 for determining the accent connection rule of the other word group, based on a predetermined accent connection rule; and a reading information creating section 7 for creating reading information of the text that includes accent information.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT