Patent Document ID: 8234117
Application ID: 11689974

Base Claim:
1. A speech-synthesis device, comprising: a speech-synthesis unit configured to perform read-aloud processing; a user dictionary provided to register read-aloud information corresponding to a specific phrase for the speech-synthesis unit according to a user instruction, wherein the user dictionary is configured to be used commonly by a plurality of communication partner selection functions that can register name information corresponding to a name of a communication partner; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the user dictionary is to be used in a case where any one of a plurality of functions using the read-aloud processing by the speech-synthesis unit is selected, wherein the determination unit determines that the user dictionary is to be used in a case where a communication partner selection function is selected and determines that the user dictionary is not to be used in a case where a predetermined function other than the communication partner selection function is selected, and wherein, in a case where any one of the plurality of communication partner selection functions is executed and the read-aloud processing corresponding to the name information is performed by the speech-synthesis unit, whatever communication partner selection function is executed from among the plurality of communication partner selection functions, the speech-synthesis unit performs the read-aloud processing corresponding to the name information by using the user dictionary when the name of the communication partner is read-aloud.

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Claim 2:
2. The speech-synthesis device according to claim 1 , wherein the speech-synthesis unit has a mode of operating by using a combination of at least two dictionaries, and wherein the mode can be selected from at least one speech-synthesis function of calling up speech-synthesis processing.