Patent Document ID: 8065157
Application ID: 11441602

Base Claim:
1. An audio output apparatus comprising: an audio output unit which outputs an audio; a storage unit which stores a predetermined word and a type in an associated manner, the type being used to control an audio output of the predetermined word from the audio output unit; a controller which, upon outputting an electronic document as an audio from the audio output unit using speech synthesis, when the electronic document contains the word stored in the storage unit, controls the audio output of the predetermined word from the audio output unit according to the type stored in a manner associated with the word, wherein the type includes a plurality of categories, and the predetermined word associates with a category.

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Claim 4:
4. The audio output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage unit stores weighted constants for the categories, and when the electronic document contains a plurality of any of the words associated with different categories, the controller calculates a sum of the weighted constants of the categories of the words used in the electronic document for each type, and controls the audio output from the audio output unit according to the category having the largest sum.