Language data storage and reproduction apparatus

A tag application section (2) automatically applies to each of language data inputted from a language data inputting section (1) a tag representative of a distribution position of the language data in the entire language data, and a data recognition section (3) performs data recognition processing of the individual language data to obtain recognition data. A storage section (4) stores the recognition data together with the language data to which the tags are applied with reference to the tags. If a word or a phrase to be retrieved is inputted using keys of a retrieval key inputting section (5), a key retrieval section (6) retrieves that one of the recognition data which is coincident with the word or the phrase from within the storage section (4). When the tag corresponding to the retrieved recognition data is outputted as a retrieval result from the key retrieval section (6), a data extraction section (7) receives the tag and extracts the language data designated by the tag from the storage section (4). A language data reproduction section (8) reproduces the language data extracted by the data extraction section (7).