Patent ID: 6985147

Claim:
An information access method comprising the steps of: activating a kanji conversion module for converting a character or a character string into a kanji or into a character string that includes kanji; entering a character or a character string; using said kanji conversion module to instruct the conversion of said character or said character string; employing, as a trigger, an instruction, or the selection of one of multiple conversion candidates presented by said kanji conversion module, in order to obtain, from an information source, information related to a conversion candidate that has been instructed or selected; and using voice, or added sound effects, when presenting said obtained information; wherein said step of presenting the obtained information includes the steps of: establishing an information presentation order while referring to a priority level recorded in a user profile or to context information for a user; employing tone, volume or another sound effect to represent the number or quantities of information sources from which information has been acquired; and changing said information presentation order at the time whereat a user enters a specific key.