Patent ID: 7953602

Claim:
A digital video reproducing apparatus for reproducing a digital video content comprising: a character information recognition means for recognizing character information of image regions of a selection image included in a video signal of the digital video content and allowing selection of a reproducing position of the digital video content by speech; a dictionary creation means for creating, using the character information in the digital video content, an index dictionary, the index dictionary allowing selection of the reproducing position of the digital video content by speech, the index dictionary associating the image regions of the selection image with the character information; a speech recognition means for performing a speech recognition process by using the index dictionary having been created by the dictionary creation means; a reproduction control means for performing, based on a result of speech recognition process performed by the speech recognition means, reproduction control of the digital video content; a language determination means for determining whether the character information having been recognized by the character information recognition means is in Japanese; a code addition means for, when the character information has not been recognized by the character information recognition means or when the character information having been recognized by the character information recognition means is not in English, adding a code to the reproducing position selection image in accordance with a predetermined rule; and an index display means for displaying, on a display device, the reproducing position selection image to which the code has been added by the code addition means, wherein the dictionary creation means creates, by using the character information in English having been recognized by the character information recognition means and the code having been added by the code addition means to the reproducing position selection image, the index dictionary allowing the user to select the reproducing position by speech.