Patent Document ID: 10002604
Application ID: 14080660

Base Claim:
1. A voice synthesizing method comprising: a first receiving step of receiving first utterance control information generated on detecting a start of a manipulation on an input device by a user, wherein the start of the manipulation is an initial interaction with the input device by the user; a first synthesizing step of synthesizing and outputting, in accordance with a timing of the reception of the first utterance control information, a first voice including a first phoneme in a phoneme sequence of a voice to be synthesized; a second receiving step of receiving second utterance control information generated on detecting a completion of the manipulation on the input device by the user, wherein the completion of the manipulation is a completion of the initial interaction with the input device by the user; and a second synthesizing step of synthesizing and outputting, in accordance with a timing of the reception of the second utterance control information, a second voice including a succeeding phoneme in the phoneme sequence, the succeeding phoneme being subsequent to the first phoneme in the phoneme sequence.

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Claim 11:
11. The voice synthesizing method according to claim 1 , wherein the detection of the start of the manipulation on the input device by the user includes a detection of the user's finger approaching the input device.