Patent ID: 6032117
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A voice reproduction device which stores voice data in advance and reads the voice data when necessary for reproducing voice, comprising:voice data accumulating unit for accumulating voice data of a voice message to be reproduced;voice data editing unit for controlling said voice data accumulating unit to edit and output voice data accumulated in said voice data accumulating unit; andvoice reproducing unit for reproducing voice from voice data output from said voice data accumulating unit and outputting the voice; whereinsaid voice data accumulating unit comprisesa first voice data storing unit for storing voice data of a voice piece common to every user, anda second voice data storing unit for storing voice data of a voice piece prepared individually for each user,wherein between voice data of the respective voice pieces stored in said first voice data storing unit, a branch code is inserted which includes information designating voice data of a voice piece to be read from said second voice data storing unit; andsaid voice data editing unit controls switching between operation of reading voice data from said first voice data storing unit and that of reading voice data from said second voice data storing unit to sequentially output the read voice data to said voice reproducing unit.