JP7351468B1 - Text content providing system, text content providing method, computer program, and web file - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To enable a text reading function such as a screen reader to read out aloud a web page in which kanji and furigana are assigned as ruby more reliably than before. A web server 2 transmits text content and correspondence information that associates a specific part of the text content with related information regarding the specific part to a client. The client 3A generates an additional display code for displaying text content by arranging related information near a specific part based on the text content and correspondence information, and selectively displays a specific part based on the additional display code. To display text content on a display with or without related information placed near the portion. [Selection diagram] Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a technology for adding supplementary information such as ruby to text content provided in the form of a web page or the like.

Japanese has a very different grammar from languages such as English and French, and has many types of characters such as kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Therefore, it is difficult for people whose native language is not Japanese (non-native speakers) to read Japanese sentences. Kanji, in particular, can be read in several ways and have a huge number of characters, making it difficult to memorize them. However, when living in Japan, there are times when you have no choice but to read Japanese texts.

Therefore, a technology has been proposed that assigns ruby pronunciations to the kanji characters included in digitized texts. For example, the text display device described in Cited Document 1 includes an application section that performs data processing including text display processing, and an application section that analyzes text input from the application section and adds pronunciations to kanji parts included in the text. (ruby). When the application section is set to output reading kana (ruby), the application section sends the text to be displayed to the reading kana addition section to request addition of reading kana (ruby), and outputs reading kana (ruby). Performs text display processing with ruby).

Furthermore, a reading-aloud technology has been proposed that reads out digitized text using an artificial voice. A screen reader is software that reads out the screen displayed on a display, and in recent years has become standard equipment in the operating systems of personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, and the like. Microsoft's Windows 8 and later operating systems and Apple's Mac OS X v10.4 and later operating systems are equipped with screen readers that support Japanese. Note that "Windows" is a registered trademark.

In addition, screen readers are provided as software that enhances the functionality of web browsers. For example, the software described in Non-Patent Document 1 is a function extension software for web browsers that can read out aloud with an artificial voice even if kanji are mixed in the text in the web page accessed by the web browser. I can do it.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2009-163479

LSD Software “Read Aloud”, https://readaloud.app/

When assigning ruby readings to kanji on a web page, the ruby tag and rt tag are used.

However, when a web page with ruby pronunciations is read aloud using conventional reading technology, both the kanji and the kana pronunciations are read aloud. For example, the web page 51 shown in FIG. 14 is read out as ``From now on, from tomorrow to next morning, it's going to be snowy...''. Or, the reading may stop midway through, for example due to ruby trouble.

In view of these problems, the present invention makes it possible to more reliably read aloud a web page in which furigana is assigned as ruby to kanji using a text reading function such as a screen reader than before. The purpose is to.

A text content providing system according to one embodiment of the present invention is a text content providing system that provides text content that is text representing content to be transmitted, and includes a server and a client, and the server is configured to provide text content that is text representing content to be transmitted. a transmission means for transmitting content and correspondence information that associates a kanji in the text content with a pronunciation of the kanji to the client; generating means for generating an additional display code for placing and displaying the text content based on the text content and the correspondence relationship information; and selectively generating the reading kana in the vicinity of the kanji based on the additional display code. display control means for displaying the text content on the display with or without the text content being arranged.

A web file according to one embodiment of the present invention is a web file for displaying text content, which is text representing content to be transmitted, together with supplementary information, and includes a content section for displaying the text content, and a content section for displaying the text content; a correspondence part indicating correspondence information that associates the kanji in the kanji with the pronunciation of the kanji, and an additional display code for displaying the text content by arranging the pronunciation of the kana as the supplementary information near the kanji . a calling unit indicating a specification code for specifying a generation script to be generated based on the text content and the correspondence relationship information as an external script; a generation process for generating the additional display code by the generation script; an update process of updating the content section so as to display the additional display code along with the text content and display the text content on the display with or without the reading kana selectively arranged near the kanji ; and an update section that indicates an update script that causes the computer to execute the above.

According to the present invention, it is possible to more reliably read out aloud a web page in which kanji and furigana are assigned as ruby using a text reading function such as a screen reader than before.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a web page providing system. It is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a web server. It is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a client or a web page editing terminal. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a web server. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a web page. It is a diagram showing an example of an HTML file. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a ruby map. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a web page. It is a diagram showing an example of an HTML file. It is a figure which shows the example of a definition code. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of processing for displaying a web page. It is a figure which shows the example of a text pair code. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content code generation method. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which ruby is applied to a web page. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the overall processing flow of a web server.

[1. Overall composition]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a web page providing system 1. As shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the web server 2. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the client 3A or the web page editing terminal 3B.

The web page providing system 1 is a system that provides web pages to users, and as shown in FIG. 1, includes a web server 2, one or more clients 3A, a web page editing terminal 3B, a communication line 4, etc. Consisted of.

The web server 2 can communicate with the client 3A and the web page editing terminal 3B via the communication line 4. As the communication line 4, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network) line, a public line, a private line, or the like is used.

As shown in FIG. 2, the web server 2 includes a main processor 21, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 22, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 23, an auxiliary storage device 24, a network controller 25, etc., and handles requests from the client 3A. Deliver web page files accordingly.

An operating system, a web page management program 20 (see FIG. 4), and the like are installed in the ROM 23 or the auxiliary storage device 24. As the auxiliary storage device 24, a hard disk, an SSD (Solid State Drive), or the like is used. The web page management program 20 will be described later.

The RAM 22 is the main memory of the web server 2. A program is loaded into the RAM 22 from the ROM 23 or the auxiliary storage device 24 as appropriate. Main processor 21 executes a program loaded into RAM 22.

The network controller 25 communicates with devices such as the client 3A and the web page editing terminal 3B using protocols such as TCP/IP.

The client 3A downloads the web page from the web server 2 and presents it to the user by displaying it. As the client 3A, a device having a web browser, such as a personal computer, a tablet computer, or a smartphone, is used. An example in which a notebook personal computer is used as the client 3A will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 3, the client 3A includes a main processor 31, a RAM 32, a ROM 33, an auxiliary storage device 34, a display 35, a network controller 36, a keyboard 37, a pointing device 38, an audio unit 39, and the like.

An operating system, a web browser 30 (see FIG. 4), and the like are installed in the ROM 33 or the auxiliary storage device 34. Note that at least one of the operating system and the web browser 30 is equipped with a screen reader.

The RAM 32 is the main memory of the client 3A. A program is loaded into the RAM 32 from the ROM 33 or the auxiliary storage device 34 as appropriate. Main processor 31 executes a program loaded into RAM 32.

The display 35 displays the screen of the web browser 30 and the like. The network controller 36 communicates with devices such as the web server 2 using protocols such as TCP/IP. Keyboard 37 and pointing device 38 are used for user input of commands or information.

The audio unit 39 includes an audio board, a speaker, a microphone, and the like. A microphone collects the operator's voice, and an audio board converts the voice into audio data. Alternatively, an audio board generates artificial audio based on audio data generated by a screen reader, and a speaker outputs the audio.

The web page editing terminal 3B is a device for an operator to create or edit a web page. The created or edited web page file is uploaded to the web server 2 from the web page editing terminal 3B. A personal computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, or the like is used as the web page editing terminal 3B. When a notebook personal computer is used as the web page editing terminal 3B, the hardware is configured as shown in FIG. 3, similar to the client 3A.

By the way, according to the web page providing system 1, it is possible to assign the pronunciation of a kanji character in a web page as a ruby. According to the conventional technology, as described above, a web page with ruby text may not be read out aloud by a screen reader or searched by a search engine accurately. However, according to the web page providing system 1, the screen reader and search engine can operate more accurately than before. The mechanism will be explained below.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the web server 2. As shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a web page 50. As shown in FIG.

According to the web page management program 20, the text node detection unit 201, word detection unit 202, reading kana determination unit 203, ruby map generation unit 204, HTML file generation unit 205, web page file storage unit 206, and web page transmission shown in FIG. Functions such as the conversion script transmission section 207 and the conversion script transmission section 208 are implemented in the web server 2. Hereinafter, taking as an example a case where a web page 50 informing users of weather information as shown in FIG. and processing when accessing a web page.

[2. Processing of each part]
[2.1 Processing for preparation]
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the HTML file 60. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the ruby map 633. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the web page 51. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the HTML file 61. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the definition code 621.

The HTML file 60 of the web page 50 (see FIG. 5) is written in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), as shown in FIG. 6, and includes a header section 601, a body section 602, and the like. The header section 601 shows character code designations and codes such as titles. The body portion 602 shows a code for displaying the text content 501 of the web page 50, and the like.

The operator prepares the HTML file 60 on the web page editing terminal 3B, for example, as follows. An HTML file 60 is created using a commercially available web page creation tool installed on the web page editing terminal 3B. Alternatively, an HTML file of an existing web page on the web server 2 or another website may be obtained as the HTML file 60. Then, the HTML file 60 is input to the web server 2.

Then, in the web server 2, the text node detection unit 201 detects a text node from the HTML file 60. A text node generally excludes tags in the body and code sandwiched between predetermined tags. Therefore, the following five text nodes (1) to (5) are detected by the text node detection unit 201 from the body portion 602.

(1) “The strongest cold wave”
(2) What is the forecast for snow from now until morning?
(3) Due to the effects of this winter's extremely strong cold front, snowfall has increased rapidly mainly in the Sea of Japan side of western and eastern Japan, especially in the northern part of Okayama Prefecture (4) "Weather information regarding significant heavy snowfall"
(5) have been announced one after another, calling for strict vigilance against serious traffic disruptions.

The word detection unit 202 detects words included in each text node by performing a known morphological analysis on each text node detected by the text node detection unit 201.

The pronunciation determining unit 203 determines the pronunciation of the word containing a kanji among the words detected by the word detecting unit 202 using a known method (for example, search using a kanji dictionary database).

The ruby map generation unit 204 generates a ruby map 633 as shown in FIG. The ruby map 633 is written in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format, and has a correspondence code for each text node.

The correspondence code is written as follows.
"1st-element":"2nd-element"
"1st-element" and "2nd-element" are the first element and the second element, respectively. As the first element, the text node is shown as is. On the other hand, the second element shows a text node edited as follows.

Immediately after one or a plurality of consecutive kanji in a text node, a character string in which the pronunciation determined by the pronunciation determination unit 203 is wrapped in "rt" tags is placed. Then, bracket the kanji and the character string. Therefore, for example, the following code is shown as the second element of the text node correspondence code in (2).
From now on <ruby>morning <rt>morning</rt></ruby><ruby>snow<rt>snow</rt></ruby>'s<ruby>forecast<rt>looksgood</rt></ruby>?
Note that a plurality of consecutive kanji may be divided and edited as described above. For example, "traffic obstruction" may be divided into "traffic" and "obstruction" and written as follows.
<ruby>Transportation<rt>Comments</rt></ruby><ruby>Disability<rt>Injuries</rt></ruby>
These correspondence codes are separated by commas and wrapped in window.textnode_ruby_map = {}.

The HTML file generation unit 205 generates an HTML file 61 for displaying the web page 51. As shown in FIG. 8, the web page 51 is composed of text content 511 and a ruby adding button 512. As can be seen by comparing with web page 50 (see FIG. 5), text content 511 is similar to text content 501. Therefore, it can be said that the web page 51 is the web page 50 provided with the ruby adding button 512.

As shown in FIG. 9, the HTML file 61 is composed of a header section 611, a body section 612, and the like.

Similar to the header section 601 of the HTML file 60 (see FIG. 6), the header section 611 shows character code designation, title, and the like. The header section 611 further shows a definition code 621.

The definition code 621 defines the display style, and in this embodiment, it is particularly defined so that the display format of the two elements is set to inline (side-by-side) or hidden, as shown in FIG. Ru. The definition code 621 is written using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

The body section 612 includes a content section 612A, an external script calling section 612B, a ruby map section 612C, a button control section 612D, and the like.

A content code 631 is shown in the content section 612A. The content code 631 includes a code for displaying the text content 501 of the web page 50, similar to the code of the body part 602 of the HTML file 60. Furthermore, a code for displaying a ruby addition button 512 is included.

The external script calling section 612B shows a code for calling the conversion script 67 written in JavaScript (registered trademark). For example, if the file name of the conversion script 67 is "tsutaeru_rp.js", the following code is shown.
<script src="tsutaeru_rp.js"></script>
The ruby map section 612C shows the ruby map 633 (see FIG. 7) generated by the ruby map generation section 204. The button control unit 612D shows a control code 634 for controlling text content, button display, etc. as described later.

When the HTML file 61 is generated by the HTML file generation unit 205, it is stored in the web page file storage unit 206 in association with a file name. Note that the HTML file generation unit 205 stores a conversion script 67 in advance.

In addition to the HTML file 61, the HTML files stored in the web page file storage section 206 are published on the Internet.

According to the HTML file 61 and the conversion script 67, the web page 51 is displayed on the client 3A while the ruby is added or removed, as will be described below.

[2.2 Processing when accessing a web page]
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of processing for displaying the web page 51. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the text pair code 635. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for generating the content code 631. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which ruby is added to the web page 51.

In the client 3A, the web browser 30 (see FIG. 4) requests the web page 51 from the web server 2 when the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page 51 (see FIG. 8) is specified by the user.

Then, in the web server 2, the web page sending unit 207 sends the HTML file 61 of the web page 51 (see FIG. 9) to the client 3A.

When the web browser 30 receives the HTML file 61 from the web server 2, the web browser 30 saves a copy of the HTML file 61 in a predetermined temporary storage area as a backup file. Note that the backup file is not updated. Then, based on the HTML file 61, processing is executed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

The web browser 30 renders the web page 51 according to the codes written in the header part 611 and the content part 612A of the HTML file 61, and displays it on the display 35 (#701 in FIG. 11).

Further, the web browser 30 reads the conversion script 67 as an external script according to the code written in the external script calling section 612B (#702). Functions and the like defined in the conversion script 67 are used in the control code 634. Note that the conversion script 67 is sent to the client 3A by the conversion script sending unit 208 and cached in the client 3A.

When processing based on the HTML file 61 is performed for the first time (Yes in #703), the web browser 30 performs the conversion processing of the content section 612A as follows (#704).

The web browser 30 detects a text node from the text content of the content section 612A. Since the text content of the HTML file 61 is the same as the text content of the HTML file 60 (see FIG. 6) as described above, the text nodes (1) to (5) above are detected.

The web browser 30 generates a text pair code 635 for each detected text node (#722). The text pair code 635 is written as follows.
<span class="tsutaeruRuby">
<span class="tsutaeruRuby__phrase"aria-hidden="value1">1st-element</span>
<spanclass="tsutaeruRuby__translation"aria-hidden="value2">2nd-element</span>
</span>
"value1" and "value2" are binary values of "true" or "false", and value1≠value2.

"1st-element" and "2nd-element" are the first element and second element, respectively, of the ruby map 633 (see FIG. 7) shown in the ruby map section 612C. Therefore, codes as shown in FIG. 12 are generated as the text pair codes 635 for each of the text nodes (1) to (5) above. Hereinafter, the text pair code 635 of each text node (1), (2), ..., (5) will be written as "text pair code 6351", "text pair code 6352", ..., "text pair code 6355". .

The web browser 30 then replaces each of the text nodes (1) to (5) in the content code 631 with the corresponding text pair code 635, as shown in FIG.

When the conversion process is completed, the web browser 30 performs settings for adding furigana as ruby (#705). Specifically, the text pair code 635 of each text node is updated so that "value1" becomes "true" and "value2" becomes "false." Further, the code for displaying the ruby addition button 512 shown in the content section 612A is replaced with the code for displaying the ruby deletion button 514.

The web browser 30 then renders and displays the web page 51 again according to the code of the content section 612A for which the settings have been completed (#701). Then, the "display:none" style is applied to the text content 511 and it is hidden, and the text content 513 with ruby assigned to each kanji as shown in Figure 14 is changed to the "display:inline" style. applied and displayed. As a result, it appears that the text content 511 has been replaced with the text content 513.

When the ruby erase button 514 is clicked (No in #703, Yes in #706), the web browser 30 makes settings for erasing ruby based on the control code 634 (#707). Specifically, the text pair code 635 of each text node is updated so that "value1" becomes "false" and "value2" becomes "true." Furthermore, the code for displaying the ruby delete button 514 shown in the content section 612A is replaced with the code for displaying the ruby add button 512.

The web browser 30 then renders and displays the web page 51 again according to the code of the content section 612A for which the settings have been completed (#701). Then, the web page 51 is updated from the state shown in FIG. 14 to the state shown in FIG. 8. This is because the "display:inline" style is applied to the text content 511 and the "display:none" style is applied to the text content 513.

When the ruby adding button 512 is clicked (No in #703, Yes in #706), the web browser 30 makes settings for adding ruby based on the control code 634 (#707). Specifically, the text pair code 635 of each text node is updated so that "value1" becomes "true" and "value2" becomes "false." Further, the code for displaying the ruby addition button 512 shown in the content section 612A is replaced with the code for displaying the ruby deletion button 514. As mentioned above, this also depends on changing the display style.

Then, the web browser 30 re-renders and displays the web page 51 according to the code of the content section 612A for which the settings have been completed (#701). Then, the web page 51 is updated from the state shown in FIG. 8 to the state shown in FIG. 14.

The processes in steps #701 to #707 are executed each time the ruby add button 512 or the ruby delete button 514 is clicked while the web page 51 is displayed.

Note that whether or not the web page 51 is marked with ruby can be monitored using a cookie of the web browser 30.

[2.3 Web page reading]
When the user inputs a reading command while the web page 51 is displayed, the content of the web page 51 is read out by the screen reader of the client 3A. That is, the content of the web page 51 is output as an artificial voice.

By the way, conventionally, according to screen readers, in some cases (hereinafter referred to as "Case_1") the text of a rendered web page (that is, the displayed web page) is read aloud, and in some cases, the text of the rendered web page (that is, the displayed web page) is read aloud. There is also a case (hereinafter referred to as "Case_2") where the source indicated in the file is read aloud with tags etc. skipped. Which case is taken depends on the operating system or the specifications of the screen reader included in the web browser.

However, in either case, when a web page in which ruby has been added to kanji is read aloud, both the kanji and the reading kana are read aloud.

On the other hand, the web page provided by the web server 2, that is, the web page 51, can read out only kanji among kanji and reading kana in either case. The mechanism is as follows.

In case_1, when a reading command is input without ruby as shown in FIG. 8, the client 3A uses the screen reader to read out the text arranged on the web page 51. Therefore, naturally, the ruby cannot be read aloud.

In case_2, whether the read-aloud command is input with ruby not set or with ruby set (see Figure 14), the client 3A will not be able to read the downloaded HTML file 61 ( Read text based on backup file). This depends on the specifications of the web browser 30. The content section 612A of the backup file is in a state before the process of adding ruby is performed. Furthermore, the ruby map portion 612C is not a target of reading because it is written in JSON format. Therefore, ruby cannot be read aloud.

[3. Overall processing flow and effects of this embodiment]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the overall processing flow of the web server 2.

Next, the overall processing flow of the web page providing system 1 will be explained with reference to a flowchart.

The web server 2 executes processing based on the web page management program 20 according to the procedure shown in FIG.

When the web server 2 receives the HTML file 60 of the web page 50 as the file of the web page to be distributed from the web page editing terminal 3B (Yes in #721 in FIG. Execute the registration process as follows.

The web server 2 detects text nodes from the web page 50 (#722), detects words from each text node (#723), and determines the reading kana of words that include kanji among the detected words (#724). ). Then, based on the determined pronunciation, a ruby map 633 (see FIG. 7) is generated (#725).

The web server 2 generates an HTML file 61 by inserting into the HTML file 60, in addition to the ruby map 633, a style code, a code for displaying the ruby adding button 512, a code for calling the conversion script 67, etc. (#726). Then, the HTML file 61 is stored in the web page file storage unit 206 (#727). This completes the preparation of the web page 50 with furigana ruby added, that is, the web page 51.

Alternatively, when the web page 51 is requested from the client 3A (Yes in #728), the HTML file 61 is sent to the client 3A (#729). Thereafter, since the conversion script 67 is requested from the client 3A, the conversion script 67 is sent to the client 3A.

Then, in the client 3A, the process of displaying the web page 51 is executed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

Although this example has been explained using the case where the web page 50 is handled, the web server 2 similarly performs the processing of steps #722 to #727 and the processing of step #729 when handling other web pages. Execute as appropriate. Further, the client 3A executes display processing according to the procedure shown in FIG.

According to the present embodiment, a screen reader or the like can read out aloud a web page such as the web page 51 in which kanji and furigana are added as ruby characters more reliably than in the past. The mechanism is as described above.

Furthermore, such web pages can be searched more reliably by a search engine than before. The mechanism is as follows.

For example, the HTML file 61 of the web page 51 is provided from the web server 2 without being subjected to conversion processing (see FIG. 13), that is, without using the "ruby" tag and the "rt" tag. Therefore, the search engine will ask you, ``What's the forecast for snow from now until dawn?'' Instead of text that includes ruby as noise, such as "...", "What's the forecast for snow from now on in the morning, "The coldest wave"? You can search for text that does not contain noise, such as "...". Therefore, a more reliable search can be performed than in the past.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the load on the web server when providing web pages with and without ruby to users can be reduced compared to the conventional method.

That is, if a web server dynamically assigns and provides ruby to a web page every time a user requests it, a burden is placed on the web server. However, in this embodiment, the web server 2 prepares data for distributing ruby (ruby map 633, conversion script 67, etc.), and does not perform the above-mentioned dynamic processing even if there is a request from the user. Therefore, the burden on the web server 2 is reduced compared to before.

Moreover, since the above dynamic processing is not involved, the web page providing system 1 can be constructed as a CDN (Content Delivery Network). That is, the web server 2 can be used as an origin server, and one or more geographically distributed cache servers can distribute web pages. This makes it possible to speed up the delivery of web pages.

[4. Application examples and modifications]
The web page providing system 1 is suitably used to distribute daily information not only to native Japanese speakers but also to non-native speakers. Furthermore, as described above, the load on the web server 2 can be reduced compared to the conventional method, so it is particularly suitable for distributing urgent information.

In this embodiment, the ruby map 633 (see FIG. 7) is written in JSON format, but it may be written in other formats as long as it is an array of the comparison between original data and converted data that can be read in JavaScript. good. For example, it may be written in XML (Extensible Markup Language).

In this embodiment, the functions of the text node detection unit 201 to conversion script transmission unit 208 shown in FIG. 4 are all implemented in the web server 2, but they may be distributed among multiple computers. For example, the function of generating the HTML file 61 from the HTML file 60 may be implemented in the web page editing terminal 3B, and the function of distributing the HTML file 61 and the conversion script 67 may be implemented in the web server 2. Alternatively, the function of distributing the HTML file 61 may be implemented in the web server 2, and the function of distributing the conversion script 67 may be implemented in another web server.

Alternatively, one or more cache servers may be provided in the web page providing system 1, the web server 2 may function as an origin server, and a function for distributing the HTML file 61 and the conversion script 67 may be implemented in the cache server. In this case, the client 3A may access the nearest cache server and obtain the HTML file 61 and the like.

In this embodiment, an example has been described in which the pronunciation of a kanji is assigned as a ruby, but the web page providing system 1 can also be applied to a case where a ruby is assigned to a symbol other than a kanji. For example, it can be applied to assigning the meaning or pronunciation of an English word written in the alphabet as a ruby, such as assigning the ruby "patent" or "patent" to the English word "patent". can.

Alternatively, the web server 2 may read characters such as "strongest", "patent", or "patent" in parentheses immediately after the kanji, etc., instead of adding ruby to the kanji, etc. The ruby map 633 may be generated so that a kana or meaning is added. That is, for example, the ruby map 633 may be generated to have the following code as the text pair code 635 in (1) above.
"The Strongest Cold Wave":"The Strongest Cold Wave"
In the present embodiment, the web server 2 generates a text pair code 635 for each text node shown in the HTML file 60, but the text pair code 635 is generated for each text node shown in the HTML file 60. A text pair code 635 may be generated for each short sentence.

In addition, the present invention covers the entire structure or each part of the web page providing system 1, web server 2, client 3A, and web page editing terminal 3B, the content of processing, the order of processing, the structure of the HTML file 61, the structure of the web page, etc. It can be changed as appropriate according to the purpose.

1 Web page provision system (text content provision system)
2 Web server (server)
30 Web browser (generation means, display control means)
3A Client 207 Web page transmission unit (transmission means, text content transmission means)
208 Conversion script transmission unit (program transmission means)
511 Text content 61 HTML file (web file)
612A content section (display control means)
612B External script calling section (calling section)
612C Ruby map section (corresponding section)
612D Button control unit (generation means, update unit)
633 Ruby map (correspondence information)
635 Text pair code (additional display code)
67 Conversion script (generation means, generation script)

Claims (10)

A text content providing system that provides text content that is text representing content to be transmitted, the system comprising:
It has a server and a client,
The server is
Transmitting means for transmitting the text content and correspondence information that associates the kanji in the text content with the pronunciation of the kanji to the client;
has
The client is
generating means for generating an additional display code for displaying the text content by arranging the reading kana near the kanji based on the text content and the correspondence information;
Display control means for selectively displaying the text content on a display with or without the reading kana arranged near the kanji based on the additional display code;
has,
A text content providing system characterized by: A text content providing system that provides text content that is text representing content to be transmitted, the system comprising:
text content transmitting means for transmitting the text content and correspondence information that associates the kanji in the text content with the pronunciation of the kanji to the client;
a program transmitting means for transmitting to the client a generation program for generating an additional display code for displaying the text content by arranging the reading kana near the kanji , based on the text content and the correspondence relationship information; ,
A text content providing system comprising: The text content transmitting means transmits, as the text content and the correspondence information, an HTML file in which the text content, the correspondence information, and a code specifying the generation program as an external script are written.
The text content providing system according to claim 2. The generation program is a script that generates a code for arranging the reading kana as the ruby of the kanji as the additional display code.
The text content providing system according to claim 3. A text content providing method for providing text content that is text representing content to be communicated, the method comprising:
causing the server to execute a process of transmitting the text content and correspondence information that associates the kanji in the text content with the pronunciation of the kanji to the client;
causing a client to execute a process of generating an additional display code for displaying the text content by arranging the reading kana near the kanji , based on the text content and the correspondence information;
selectively causing the client to display the text content on a display with or without the pronunciation arranged near the kanji based on the additional display code;
A text content providing method characterized by: A computer program for use in a computer that provides text content, which is text representing content to be communicated, comprising:
to the computer;
Execute a process of transmitting the text content and correspondence information that associates the kanji in the text content with the pronunciation of the kanji to the client;
Executing a process of transmitting to the client a generation program that generates an additional display code for displaying the text content by arranging the reading kana near the kanji based on the text content and the correspondence relationship information. ,
A computer program characterized by: A web file for displaying text content, which is text representing the content to be transmitted, together with supplementary information,
a content section for displaying the text content;
a correspondence relationship section indicating correspondence information that associates the kanji in the text content with the pronunciation of the kanji ;
A generation script that generates an additional display code for displaying the text content by arranging the reading kana as the supplementary information near the kanji , based on the text content and the correspondence information, is specified as an external script. a calling section indicating a specified code;
A generation process of generating the additional display code by the generation script, and a state in which the generated additional display code is shown together with the text content and the pronunciation kana is selectively arranged near the kanji , or is not arranged. an update unit that indicates an update script that causes a computer to execute an update process that updates the content unit so that the text content is displayed on a display;
A web file characterized by having. The generation process is a process of generating a code for displaying the text content by arranging the reading kana as a ruby on the kanji as the additional display code,
The web file according to claim 7 . The update process includes a process of updating the content section so that a hidden style is alternately applied only to either the additional display code or the text content each time a predetermined operation is performed.
The web file according to claim 7 or claim 8 . The updating process includes a process of updating the content section so as to display the text content together with a button for switching whether to arrange the pronunciation kana .
The web file according to claim 7 or claim 8 .

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