Patent ID: 8626489

Claim:
A method for processing text data, the method comprising: receiving, at a processor, text data including a story; generating, at the processor, a character profile with respect to a character in the story; generating, at the processor, a narrator profile with respect to a narrator in the story; and generating, at the processor, emotion information corresponding to development of a situation of the story, the emotion information relating to the character profile, the narrator profile, emotion change information of a character in the story, and tension information of the story; wherein the character profile includes a character name, a characteristic of the character, a speech style being changed based on a function of a text-to-speech (TTS) system, a relationship with another character, a speed of speech, an intensity of speech, and a pitch of speech, and wherein the narrator profile includes a narrator name, a speech style being changed based on a function of a text-to-speech (TTS) system, a degree of applying a tension of the story, a speed of speech, an intensity of speech, and a pitch of speech.