Patent ID: 6574598
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
An information delivery apparatus comprising:first reception means for receiving text data as e-mail from a first user; immediate language generating means for generating intermediate language information on the basis of the text data received by the first reception means, wherein the intermediate language information includes voicing information associated with the text data; transformed data generating means for generating transformed data on the basis of the intermediate language information generated by the intermediate language generating means; transmission means for transmitting as e-mail the transformed data generated by the transformed data generating means to a plurality of users including a second user, wherein the plurality of users are specified by the first user; second reception means associated with the second user for receiving the transformed data transmitted from the transmission means; voice synthesizing means for retrieving the intermediate language information from the transformed data received by the second reception means and for performing voice synthesis on the retrieved intermediate language data; and output means for outputting an audible sound output signal produced by the voice synthesizing means.