Patent ID: 7349946

Claim:
A receiving apparatus, which is communicably connected to a transmitting apparatus that transmits news information that contains text, for receiving the news information from said transmitting apparatus, comprising: receiving means for receiving the news information from said transmitting apparatus; news management means for classifying the received news information under genres and retaining the received news information; voice output means for outputting the text content of the received news information retained by said news management means as a voice in an order predetermined for every genre; determining means, when said receiving means receives fresh news information, for determining whether or not degree of importance of the content of the fresh news information is higher than that of the content of the news information which is to be outputted next according to the order and retained by said news management means; and display means for displaying an animation, which imitates a speaking individual, in conformity with the output of said voice, wherein when the determining means determines that the degree of importance of the content fresh news information is higher than that of the content of the news information, said voice output means outputs the text content of the fresh news information as a voice preferentially, when the determining means does not determine that the degree of importance of the content fresh news information is higher than that of the content of the news information, said news management means classifies the fresh news information and retains the fresh news information, and said display means displays a caster animation selected from among different caster animations according to the genre of the news information outputted by said voice output means and whether or not the outputted news information is the fresh news information outputted preferentially.