Abstract: A technique for the simplification of Web pages in order to access necessary information rapidly, when displaying or outputting Web pages using a small screen device or a voice browser. A method for simplifying Web contents includes the steps of acquiring a target page subject to simplification, acquiring adjoining pages that adjoin the target page and performing a difference operation to delete objects that are common among the target page and the adjoining pages from the target page to generate a simplified page.

Abstract: When a user depresses a normal mode key 180 of a key pad 18 the computer 16 provides a voice signal which reads text data aloud at a normal speed (for example, a speed at which an announcer reads aloud news in radio broadcasting). When the user depresses a fast feed mode key 182, the computer 16 converts only a section of the text data at a speed (1.5 to 3 times the normal speed) which will enable the user to understand the content to a voice signal. other sections (skipping section) are converted to a voice signal of a speed (skipping speed, 3 or more times the normal speed) at which the user can grasp at least the length and the tome of the text data regardless of whether or not it is audible to the user.