1. An information processing apparatus in communication with an apparatus configured to store and playback audio data, the audio data including tune data, and tune information in the form of character text or word text corresponding to the tune data, the information processing apparatus comprising: an oral reading unit configured to convert text to speech data, and output the speech data; an input unit for inputting a question from a user corresponding to the tune data; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of text templates corresponding to predetermined responses to the questions, and configured to store a plurality of text template conversion rules, each text template having a predetermined associated genre; a control unit configured to retrieve the tune information associated with the tune data; wherein the control unit analyzes the question from the user corresponding to the tune data, and selects a text template corresponding to a response to the question and based upon the predetermined associated genre, the selected text template having substitution symbols corresponding to the character text or word text associated with the tune data; wherein if the control unit determines that the substitution symbols in the selected text template corresponding to the character text or word text cannot be read aloud, a new text template is generated based on the selected text template, and the substitution symbols that cannot be read aloud are modified in accordance with the conversion rules such that all portions of the new text template can be read aloud, and wherein the new text template read aloud contains no silent portions; and wherein the control unit causes the oral reading unit to read the text aloud corresponding to the new text template.
1. An information processing apparatus in communication with an apparatus configured to store and playback audio data, the audio data including tune data, and tune information in the form of character text or word text corresponding to the tune data, the information processing apparatus comprising: an oral reading unit configured to convert text to speech data, and output the speech data; an input unit for inputting a question from a user corresponding to the tune data; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of text templates corresponding to predetermined responses to the questions, and configured to store a plurality of text template conversion rules, each text template having a predetermined associated genre; a control unit configured to retrieve the tune information associated with the tune data; wherein the control unit analyzes the question from the user corresponding to the tune data, and selects a text template corresponding to a response to the question and based upon the predetermined associated genre, the selected text template having substitution symbols corresponding to the character text or word text associated with the tune data; wherein if the control unit determines that the substitution symbols in the selected text template corresponding to the character text or word text cannot be read aloud, a new text template is generated based on the selected text template, and the substitution symbols that cannot be read aloud are modified in accordance with the conversion rules such that all portions of the new text template can be read aloud, and wherein the new text template read aloud contains no silent portions; and wherein the control unit causes the oral reading unit to read the text aloud corresponding to the new text template. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit selects the text template based on the genre of a tune corresponding to the question.