Patent ID: 7813930

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain information including a first item and a second item; a storing unit configured to store a registered word; an analyzing unit configured to perform a morphological analysis of the first item, and to obtain one word or a plurality of words included in the first item; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a rate of obtained words that match the registered words; a determining unit configured to determine whether the second item is to be subjected to speech synthesis by comparing the rate acquired by the acquiring unit to a prescribed value, wherein if a plurality of words are included in the first item and the rate is equal to or higher than the prescribed value, the determining unit determines that the second item is to be subjected to speech synthesis, and wherein if a plurality of words are included in the first item and the rate is lower than the prescribed value, the determining unit determines that the second item is not to be subjected to speech synthesis; and a speech-synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the first item into speech when the determining unit determines that the second item is not to be subjected to speech synthesis, and to synthesize both the first item and the second item into speech when the determining unit determines that the second item is to be subjected to speech synthesis.