Patent ID: 6931377
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G10H,G10L,H04H

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a vocal separation unit for separating a first vocal information part in a first language and a non-vocal accompaniment information part from input first vocal-containing musical number information; a processing unit for generating first language lyric information by speech recognition of the first vocal information part in the first language separated by said separation unit, for translating the generated first language lyric information in the first language into second language lyric information of a second language different from the first language, and for supplying the second language lyric information; and a synthesis unit for synthesizing the second language lyric information supplied from the processing unit, the non-vocal accompaniment information part, and the first vocal information part separated by said separation unit to generate second vocal-containing musical number information, wherein the second vocal-containing musical number information includes the non-vocal accompaniment information part and a second vocal information part in the second language.