Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information notification supporting device includes an analyzer configured to analyze an input voice so as to identify voice information indicating information related to speech; a storage unit configured to store therein a history of the voice information; an output controller configured to determine, using the history of the voice information, whether a user is able to listen to a message of which the user should be notified; and an output unit configured to output the message when it is determined that the user is in a state in which the user is able to listen to the message.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a first feature calculator, a second feature calculator, a similarity calculator, and a selector. The first feature calculator is configured to calculate a topic feature representing a strength of relevance of document of at least one topic to a target document that matches a purpose for which a language model is to be used. The second feature calculator is configured to calculate the topic feature for each of a plurality of candidate documents. The similarity calculator is configured to calculate a similarity of each of the topic features of the candidate documents to the topic feature of the target document. The selector is configured to select, as a document to be used for learning the language model, a candidate document whose similarity is larger than a reference value from among the candidate documents.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes an obtainer, a display controller, a detector, a plurality of correctors, and a selector. The obtainer obtains a keyword. The display controller performs control to display the keyword on a display. The detector detects a gesture operation performed on the display. The plurality of correctors are capable of correcting a correction target keyword to be corrected among one or more keywords displayed on the display and implement mutually different correction methods one of which includes correction in form of deleting the correction target keyword. The selector selects, according to a gesture operation detected by the detector, one of the plurality of correctors as the corrector for correcting the correction target keyword.

Abstract: A voice dialogue system executing an operation command inputted by a voice dialogue user which stores a history of the number of times each operation is executed. Upon the reception or detection of a voice skip signal during voice input, the system ignores or skips the current voice input and acquires or retrieves an operation name with a high priority based on the history of the number of executions. The acquired operation name is then read aloud by a generation unit.

Abstract: A conversation supporting device of an embodiment of the present disclosure has a information storage unit, a recognition resource constructing unit, and a voice recognition unit. Here, the information storage unit stores the information disclosed by a speaker. The recognition resource constructing unit uses the disclosed information to construct the recognition resource including a voice model and a language model for recognition of voice data. The voice recognition unit uses the recognition resource to recognize the voice data.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information notification supporting device includes an analyzer configured to analyze an input voice so as to identify voice information indicating information related to speech; a storage unit configured to store therein a history of the voice information; an output controller configured to determine, using the history of the voice information, whether a user is able to listen to a message of which the user should be notified; and an output unit configured to output the message when it is determined that the user is in a state in which the user is able to listen to the message.

Abstract: A voice dialogue system executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, includes a history storage unit storing an operation name of the operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation; a voice storage unit storing voice data corresponding to the operation name; a detection unit detecting a voice skip signal indicating skipping an user's voice input; an acquisition unit acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority based on the number of execution times from said history storage unit, when said detection unit detects the voice skip signal; and a generation unit reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data.

Abstract: A speech processing apparatus includes a sound input unit that receives an input of a sound including a voice of one of an operator and a person other than the operator; a designation-duration accepting unit that accepts a designation-duration designated by the operator as a time interval that is a target of a speech processing within the input sound; a voice-duration detecting unit that detects a voice-duration that is a time interval in which the voice is present from the input sound; a speaker determining unit that determines whether a speaker of the voice is the operator or the person based on the input sound; and a deciding unit that detects an overlapping period between the designation-duration and the voice-duration, and decides that the voice-duration including the overlapping period is a processing duration, when the overlapping period is detected and the speaker is determined to be the person.

Abstract: A variable voice rate apparatus to control a reproduction rate of voice, includes a voice data generation unit configured to generate voice data from the voice, a text data generation unit configured to generate text data indicating a content of the voice data, a division information generation unit configured to generate division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form, a reproduction information generation unit configured to generate reproduction information set for each of the linguistic units, and a voice reproduction controller which controls reproduction of each of the linguistic units, based on the reproduction information and the division information.

Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus includes a sound information acquiring unit that acquires sound information, a unit segment dividing unit that divides the sound information into plural unit segments, a segment information acquiring unit that acquires segment information that indicates a feature of each unit segment, a segment relation value calculating unit that calculates a segment relation value that indicates a relative feature of a target segment which is a unit segment to be processed with respect to an adjacent segment which is a unit segment adjacent to the target segment, based on segment information of the target segment and segment information of the adjacent segment among the segment information, a recognition candidate storing unit that stores recognition candidates that are targets of speech recognition, and a recognition result selecting unit that selects a recognition result from the recognition candidates stored in the recognition candidate storing unit utilizing the segment relation value.

Abstract: An input assistance apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate from input content data a first input candidate that has first notation data, a storage unit configured to store reference data, the reference data including reference data components, each reference data components including second notation data representing a notation of the reference data component and ordinal data representing a time position of the reference data component in the reference data, the second notation data being stored in association with the ordinal data, a storage unit configured to store an input history including the notation data, the ordinal data associated with the notation data and the input position data, an estimation unit configured to estimate a retrieval range for the reference data, from the input position data and the input history, and a generation unit configured to retrieve, from the retrieval range, and to generate a second input candidate.

Abstract: A variable voice rate apparatus to control a reproduction rate of voice, includes a voice data generation unit configured to generate voice data from the voice, a text data generation unit configured to generate text data indicating a content of the voice data, a division information generation unit configured to generate division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form, a reproduction information generation unit configured to generate reproduction information set for each of the linguistic units, and a voice reproduction controller which controls reproduction of each of the linguistic units, based on the reproduction information and the division information.

Abstract: A variable voice rate apparatus to control a reproduction rate of voice, includes a voice data generation unit configured to generate voice data from the voice, a text data generation unit configured to generate text data indicating a content of the voice data, a division information generation unit configured to generate division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form, a reproduction information generation unit configured to generate reproduction information set for each of the linguistic units, and a voice reproduction controller which controls reproduction of each of the linguistic units, based on the reproduction information and the division information.

Abstract: A machine translation apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives an input of a plurality of speeches; a detecting unit that detects a speaker of a speech from among the speeches; a recognition unit that performs speech recognition on the speeches; a translating unit that translates a recognition result to a translated sentence; an output unit that outputs the translated sentence in speech; and an output control unit that controls output of speech by referring to processing stages from receiving to outputting a first speech that is input first from among a plurality of the speeches, a speaker detected with respect to the first speech, and a speaker detected with respect to a second speech that is input after the first speech from among a plurality of the speeches.

Abstract: A speech processing apparatus includes a sound input unit that receives an input of a sound including a voice of one of an operator and a person other than the operator; a designation-duration accepting unit that accepts a designation-duration designated by the operator as a time interval that is a target of a speech processing within the input sound; a voice-duration detecting unit that detects a voice-duration that is a time interval in which the voice is present from the input sound; a speaker determining unit that determines whether a speaker of the voice is the operator or the person based on the input sound; and a deciding unit that detects an overlapping period between the designation-duration and the voice-duration, and decides that the voice-duration including the overlapping period is a processing duration, when the overlapping period is detected and the speaker is determined to be the person.

Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus includes a sound information acquiring unit that acquires sound information, a unit segment dividing unit that divides the sound information into plural unit segments, a segment information acquiring unit that acquires segment information that indicates a feature of each unit segment, a segment relation value calculating unit that calculates a segment relation value that indicates a relative feature of a target segment which is a unit segment to be processed with respect to an adjacent segment which is a unit segment adjacent to the target segment, based on segment information of the target segment and segment information of the adjacent segment among the segment information, a recognition candidate storing unit that stores recognition candidates that are targets of speech recognition, and a recognition result selecting unit that selects a recognition result from the recognition candidates stored in the recognition candidate storing unit utilizing the segment relation value.

Abstract: Text data to be displayed on a display area is edited. An obtainment unit inputs the text data. The text data is divided into a plurality of part data each including a linguistic meaning. A selection unit selects at least one part data from the plurality of part data according to a predetermined condition. A size change unit reduces a display size of the text data relative to the display area by editing the at least one part data. An output device having the display area displays the text data in which the at least one part data is edited.

Abstract: A variable voice rate apparatus to control a reproduction rate of voice, comprises a voice data generation unit configured to generate voice data from the voice, a text data generation unit configured to generate text data indicating a content of the voice data, a division information generation unit configured to generate division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form, a reproduction information generation unit configured to generate reproduction information set for each of the linguistic units, and a voice reproduction controller which controls reproduction of each of the linguistic units, based on the reproduction information and the division information.

Abstract: A receiving unit receives a speech signal. A signal processing unit processes the speech signal. A memory stores environment information related to time. A time measurement unit measures a time. A control unit retrieves environment information related to the time from the memory, and controls the processing of the signal processing unit in accordance with the retrieved environment information.