Patent ID: 6604078
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A voice editing device comprising:a voice input device for inputting voices; a voice information storage unit for storing voice information; a text information storage unit for storing text information associated with the voice information stored in said voice information storage unit; a voice/text association information storage unit for storing voice/text association information indicating the corresponding relationship between the voice information stored in said voice information storage unit and the text information stored in said text information storage unit; voice information/text information-converting means for generating the voice information and text information corresponding to the voices input from said voice input device and storing the voice information and the text information thus generated into said voice information storage unit and said text information storage unit, respectively, and storing into said voice/text association information storage unit the voice/text association information indicating the corresponding relationship between the voice information and the text information stored in said voice information storage unit and said text information storage unit, respectively; a display device for display a text; an input device for indicating an edit target portion on the text displayed on said display device according to a user's operation and inputting an edit type; display control means for displaying the text on said display device according to the text information stored in said text information storage unit, and outputting a text edit target portion information which corresponds to the edit target portion designated on the text and indicates the text information stored in said text information storage unit; and editing means for editing the content of said text information storage unit on the basis of the text edit target portion information output from said display control means and the edit type input from said input device, obtaining, on the basis of the text edit target portion information and the voice/text association information, a voice edit target portion which corresponds to the edit target portion indicated on the text and indicates the voice information stored in said voice information storage unit, and editing the content of said voice information storage unit on the basis of the voice edit target portion information and the edit type input from said input device.