Patent ID: 7415407

Claim:
An information decoding apparatus for use with an information encoding apparatus which converts target text information to an intermediate code in accordance with a predetermined encoding method and generates a voice signal derived from voice information based on said intermediate code and supplemented with music arrangement information, said intermediate code determining a first audible element of said voice signal, said music arrangement information determining a second audible element of said voice signal, said voice signal being decoded by said information decoding apparatus into the original target text information, said information decoding apparatus comprising: voice receiving means for receiving said voice signal; voice waveform recognizing means for recognizing a voice waveform from the received voice signal; and intermediate decoding means for decoding said intermediate code from the recognized voice waveform before reproducing the original target text information based on the decoded intermediate code, wherein said predetermined encoding method is according to a combination of at least two distinct sound elements that each respectively are components of said predetermined encoding method, wherein said combination of at least two distinct sound elements forms said first audible element of said voice signal, and wherein said combination comprises at least any two of a pitch, a note length, a tone color, a melody, and a chord.