Parsing of downloaded documents for a speech synthesis enabled browser

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EP 1 073 036 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/51

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05

(21)	Application number: 00306355.9

(22)	Date of filing: 26.07.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G10L 13/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

30.07.1999 JP 21721999

(71)	Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Otsuka, Mitsuru Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Miyazaki, Yasuko Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Kamiyama, Shinichi Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Aso, Takashi Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74)	Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
	BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court, High Holborn London WC1R 5DH London WC1R 5DH (GB)

(54)	Parsing of downloaded documents for a speech synthesis enabled browser

(57) A browser is provided which is operable to download web pages from a remote server and which is operable to process the received web pages to identify whether or not it includes a command identifying that a speech data file exists for the retrieved web page. If such a command is present, the browser retrieves the appropriate data file and uses it to synthesize speech associated with the current web page being viewed.

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