SPEECH SYNTHESIZER, VOCAL DATA FORMER AND SINGING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change reading of the lyrics consisting of data on the characters utilizing a mixture of KANJI (Chinese character) and KANA (Japanese phonetic characters) to adequate KANA character data met with a transformation form, such as genre, then to allocate the KANA character data to note data of melodies. SOLUTION: The lyric data consisting of the data on the characters of the mixture of KANJI and KANA is converted to the KANA character data by KANJI-to-KANA conversion processing and the KANA character data is allocated to the note data of the melodies by KANA allocation processing. In converting the data on the characters of the mixture of KANJI and KANA to the KANA character data, a dictionary corresponding to the assigned genre information among the dictionaries respectively corresponding to the previously stored genre information is selected and the data on the characters of the mixture of KANJI and KANA is converted to the KANA character data in accordance with this dictionary. As a result, KANJI is converted to KANA by the reading adequate for the genre.