Database searching method and apparatus

A method and a device for searching a database are provided to offer a search result of database information by sound when a medium stored in a multimedia device or data stored in a data processing device is searched, and enable the multimedia device display the search result without a display part. A command input part(200) inputs a user command. A storage medium(203) stores the database information for searching the data. A database search controller(202) detects the database information of the searched data by searching the database information stored in the storage medium if a data search control command is inputted from the command input part. A voice synthesizer(204) converts the database information detected in the database search controller into a voice signal. An output part(205) outputs the voice signal output from the voice synthesizer.