Patent ID: 8032241

Claim:
An apparatus for playing back audio files, the apparatus comprising: a storage module which stores a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files comprising a highlight section; a control module which extracts a first audio file of the audio files from the storage module and plays back a highlight section of the first audio file while changing a volume level for the first audio file; and an output module which outputs to a user the highlight section of the first audio file played back by the control module, wherein the control module plays back the highlight section of the first audio file, plays back a section of the first audio file following the highlight section of the first audio file while gradually reducing a volume level of the section of the first audio file, plays back a section of a second audio file of the audio files preceding a highlight section of the second audio file while gradually increasing a volume level of the section of the second audio file, and plays back the highlight section of the second audio file, wherein a portion of an audio file having a high amplitude is chosen as the highlight section of the first audio file and the highlight section of the second audio file.