Abstract: When printing is to be executed on the basis of an input print job, and a group of sheets having undergone the printing on the basis of the input print job are discharged to a first one of multiple discharging destinations, the first discharging destination is switched to a second discharging destination in the course of the discharging process, and the second discharging destination is selected in accordance with an arranged order of the group of sheets.

Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus that performs frame synchronous beam search by using a language model score look-ahead value prevents the pruning of a correct answer hypothesis while suppressing an increase in the number of hypotheses. A language model score look-ahead value imparting device 108 is provided with a word dictionary 203 that defines a phoneme string of a word, a language model 202 that imparts a score of appearance easiness of a word, and a smoothing language model score look-ahead value calculation means 201. The smoothing language model score look-ahead value calculation means 201 obtains a language model score look-ahead value at each phoneme in the word from the phoneme string of the word defined by the word dictionary 203 and the language model score defined by the language model 202 so that the language model score look-ahead values are prevented from concentrating on the beginning of the word.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-function apparatus comprises a pressure plate for pressing an original placed on an original support plate, a read means for reading an image of the original on the original support plate, a reception means for receiving data representing an image, a record means for recording images based on the image read by the read means and the data received by the reception means, a detection means for detecting open/close of the pressure plate, a changeover means for changing a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being to record by using the record means the image based on the image read by the read means, and the second mode being to record by using the record means the image based on the data received by the reception means, wherein the changeover means changes, in a case where the data is received by the reception means during the first mode is being set, the mode to the second mode if a predetermined period of time is elapsed from the detection by the detection means

Abstract: A data communicating apparatus such as a facsimile is constructed by a receiver to receive data from a transmission side, a notifying unit to notify by a voice a fact that the data is being received by the receiver, and an identifying unit to identify a name of the transmission side. The notifying unit notifies the identified name of the transmission side and a fact that the data is being received by the receiver and/or a receiving method by a voice so as to distinguish the direct reception for outputting the received image data while receiving and the memory reception for storing the received image data into a memory.