Voice data output device providing operator guidance in voice form

Abstract

Abstract A voice data output apparatus having a voice output circuit which audibly produces an operator guidance to show the next operation to an operator and repeats the vocal sound of the operator guidance until an operation is performed in an input circuit in accordance with the operator guidance. A CPU is connected to a print circuit, a display circuit, a RAM, the input circuit and the voice output circuit, through chip designating signal lines, a read/write signal line, an address bus line, and a data bus line. The CPU transfers chip designating signals to the respective circuits to select the circuit to be used. The display circuit and the voice output circuit are selected by the same chip selecting signal. The voice output circuit has a CPU which has at least a register for storing inputted data and a plurality of memory areas for arithmetic operation. The CPU of the voice output circuit obtains operator guidance data to direct an operator to the next operation, on the basis of the contents of the register and the contents of the plurality of the memory areas, repeatedly transfers the guidance data, and stops the transfer of the guidance data when an operation is performed in accordance with the guidance. The guidance data is converted into an analog signal by a synthesizing unit connected to the CPU and constituting the voice output circuit, and is produced as a voice from a speaker connected to the synthesizing unit. The synthesizing unit is connected to a ROM which digitally stores the voice data pronounced by the speaker, and reads out digital voice data from the ROM, if necessary.

Inventors

• 👤 Tetsuo Ootsuka

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