Patent ID: 6937700

Claim:
A device for outputting, as a voice, data information displayed on a display section of a portable telephone, comprising: an audio output key for selecting an audio output mode of the portable telephone; a memory for storing data displayed on the display section of the portable telephone; an audio memory for storing audio data corresponding to the audio output mode of the portable telephone; an audio processing section for modulating an audio signal inputted from a microphone, for converting said audio signal into audio data, for demodulating audio data inputted from an RF processing section and audio data stored in the audio memory to convert into an audio signal, and for outputting said audio signal as a voice; and a control section, when each of a plurality of mode selecting keys is depressed while a predetermined audio output mode is selected by manipulation of the audio output key to control the data read out from the memory and the audio data read out from the audio memory so that the audio data is outputted as a voice through the audio processing section and a speaker.