Patent ID: 6996533
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. An information processing system which receives notice information having a predetermined format, transmitted via a network, said information processing system enabling access thereto by visually impaired users of the system and comprising: a World Wide Web (“WWW”) browser, which is activated by the information processing system, for receiving the notice information in response to a supply request indicated by a visually impaired user; obtaining means for obtaining the notice information received by the WWW browser; storage means for storing the notice information; extracting means for analyzing the notice information that is obtained and stored in the storage means and extracting character symbol information other than format information included in the notice information based on an analyzing result; interactive video display means for instantaneously displaying the notice information to the visually impaired user using the analyzing result obtained by said extracting means and for indicating a user selected part of the notice information at a specified position; and voice output means for converting the character symbol information extracted by said extracting means into voice signals and outputting the selected part of the notice information by voice to the visually impaired user based on the voice signals and the user selected part, wherein said extracting means extracts character symbol information having linked address information and stores the extracted character symbol information in the storage means, wherein when the notice information stored in the storage means includes information having linked address information other than character symbol information of image data, said extracting means extract a file name of the image data as character symbol information from the linked address information of the information, and said interactive video display means instantaneously displays a list of character symbol information extracted by said extracting means and said voice output means outputs the list of the character symbol information by voice when a voice output request is made by the visually impaired user for the list of the character symbol information instantaneously displayed by said interactive video display means thereby affording the visually impaired access to the information.