A document inputting apparatus or speech outputting apparatus inputs and displays document data, specifies accent information, pronunciation information and syllable-length information of words or characters of the document data. The apparatus displays the document data in accordance with the specified information so that information such as the accent positions or accent intensities can be recognized. Thus formed document data is stored in a memory with the accent information, the pronunciation information or the syllable-length information. Upon reading the document data from the memory and outputting it as speech, the specified information is referred to for speech synthesizing, thus outputting speech corresponding to the correct pronunciation.
This application is a continuation of application Ser No. 08/596,540 filed Feb. 5, 1996, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/172,376, filed Dec. 22, 1993, both of which are now abandoned.
