Patent ID: 7672848
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive electronic mails; a first holding unit configured to hold the received electronic mails; a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not each of the electronic mails held in said first holding unit includes a code describing a reading time as a voice output time designated by a sender of each of the electronic mails; a second holding unit configured to, when said first determination unit determines that an electronic mail includes the code describing the voice output time designated by the sender of the electronic mail, copy the electronic mail from said first holding unit and hold the electronic mail; a second determination unit configured to compare the voice output time included in the electronic mail held in said second holding unit with a current time and determine whether or not a difference time between the voice output time and the current time is within a predetermined value; and an output unit configured to, when said second determination unit determines that the difference time is within the predetermined value, voice-synthesize the electronic mail held in said second holding unit and delete the electronic mail voice-synthesized by said output unit from said second holding unit.