Abstract: Even when a copying machine with a voice guidance function is used, a problem of wastefully copying wrong documents or documents with missing pages remains unsolved for visually impaired persons. To this end, a document image is read, character strings on the read document image are recognized, a character string indicating the contents of the document is chosen from the recognized character strings, the chosen character string is converted into speech, and synthetic speech is output.

Abstract: Disclosed are an interactive system and method of controlling the same for achieving a task more efficiently. Items of data to be searched are stored in a memory (107) in a form classified according to prescribed classes, and a dialog controller (102) decides the order in which questions are presented to a user in order to narrow down the object of a search to data in a specific class. The questions are then presented to the user in the decided order by a question generator (103).

Abstract: Modality information indicating various functions of a multimodal document reception processing apparatus is transmitted to a multimodal document transmission apparatus, and a multimodal document, which is generated by the multimodal document transmission apparatus based on the modality information is received. A speech synthesis unit synthesizes speech of text data to be output as speech in the multimodal document, and a speech output unit outputs the synthesized output speech. A GUT display unit displays text data to be displayed in the multimodal document.

Abstract: Input form information associated with an input form is stored in a form name holding unit. Input speech is recognized by a speech recognition unit, and input form information corresponding to that speech recognition result is selected. The display pattern of an input form corresponding to the selected input form information is controlled by a GUI display unit.

Abstract: A user dictionary, which is formed by storing pronunciations and notations of target recognition words designated by the user in correspondence with each other, input speech recognition data, and dictionary management data used to determine the recognition field of a recognition dictionary used in recognition of the speech recognition data are sent to a server via a communication module. In the server, a dictionary management unit looks up an identifier table to determine a recognition dictionary corresponding to the dictionary management information received from a client from a plurality of kinds of recognition dictionaries. A speech recognition module recognizes the speech recognition data using at least the determined recognition dictionary. The recognition result is sent to the client via a communication module.

Abstract: The system implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the amount of data transfer between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, a speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus inputs a document having a plurality of input fields, and displays it using a display control item. The apparatus then determines whether or not one of the plurality of input fields is designated by the user. Specific grammar corresponding to the designated input field is selected from a grammar holding unit for holding a plurality of types of grammar, and the selected grammar is used in a speech recognition process.

Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that: a demanded printing-job is accepted at a printing-job accepting unit, and a printing executing unit executes printing according to the accepted printing-job so as to produce an output sheet onto a discharge tray; an output-sheet detecting unit detects the presence of a printed output-sheet on the discharge tray; if the removal of discharged sheets from the discharge tray is detected, a printed-sheet mixture determining unit determines the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of demands are mixed among the removed output-sheets; and if it is determined the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of the demands are mixed among the output-sheets, warning information is produced by a warning voice producing unit.

Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that: a demanded printing-job is accepted at a printing-job accepting unit, and a printing executing unit executes printing according to the accepted printing-job so as to produce an output sheet onto a discharge tray; an output-sheet detecting unit detects the presence of a printed output-sheet on the discharge tray; if the removal of discharged sheets from the discharge tray is detected, a printed-sheet mixture determining unit determines the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of demands are mixed among the removed output-sheets; and if it is determined the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of the demands are mixed among the output-sheets, warning information is produced by a warning voice producing unit.

Abstract: A GUI display module displays a contents image based on contents data within a display area, and a display portion switching input module instructs to change the display portion of the contents image within the display area. Based on this instruction input, a display portion switching module changes the display portion of the contents image within the display area. A synthesis text determination module determines data which is to undergo speech synthesis in the contents data on the basis of display portion information which is held by a display portion holding module and indicates the display portion. A speech synthesis module synthesizes speech of the data which is to undergo speech synthesis, and a speech output module outputs the synthesized synthetic speech.

Abstract: Data including a description for displaying input columns and a description concerning speech recognition grammars for the input columns is read. By using speech recognition grammars corresponding to a plurality of input columns displayed on the basis of the data, speech recognition on the input speech is conducted. On the basis of the speech recognition grammars, input columns of input destinations of the speech recognition result are determined from a plurality of input columns and the input columns of input destinations are displayed in corresponding input columns.

Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that: a demanded printing-job is accepted at a printing-job accepting unit, and a printing executing unit executes printing according to the accepted printing-job so as to produce an output sheet onto a discharge tray; an output-sheet detecting unit detects the presence of a printed output-sheet on the discharge tray; if the removal of discharged sheets from the discharge tray is detected, a printed-sheet mixture determining unit determines the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of demands are mixed among the removed output-sheets; and if it is determined the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of the demands are mixed among the output-sheets, warning information is produced by a warning voice producing unit.

Abstract: The system implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the amount of data transfer between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, a speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.

Abstract: The system implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the amount of data transfer between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, and speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.

Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that: a demanded printing-job is accepted at a printing-job accepting unit, and a printing executing unit executes printing according to the accepted printing-job so as to produce an output sheet onto a discharge tray; an output-sheet detecting unit detects the presence of a printed output-sheet on the discharge tray; if the removal of discharged sheets from the discharge tray is detected, a printed-sheet mixture determining unit determines the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of demands are mixed among the removed output-sheets; and if it is determined the possibility that sheets printed corresponding to a plurality of the demands are mixed among the output-sheets, warning information is produced by a warning voice producing unit.

Abstract: Even when a copying machine with a voice guidance function is used, a problem of wastefully copying wrong documents or documents with missing pages remains unsolved for visually impaired persons. To this end, a document image is read, character strings on the read document image are recognized, a character string indicating the contents of the document is chosen from the recognized character strings, the chosen character string is converted into speech, and synthetic speech is output.

Abstract: Input form information associated with an input form is stored in a form name holding unit. Input speech is recognized by a speech recognition unit, and input form information corresponding to that speech recognition result is selected. The display pattern of an input form corresponding to the selected input form information is controlled by a GUI display unit.

Abstract: A data communication unit (304) receives the resource information of an apparatus (101) from the apparatus (101). A voice synthesis execution determination unit (306) determines using the resource information of the apparatus (101) and the resource information of an apparatus (102) whether voice synthesis processing should be executed by the apparatus (101) or apparatus (102). When the voice synthesis execution determination unit (306) determines that the apparatus (102) should execute voice synthesis processing, a voice synthesizing unit (309) generates output voice data to read aloud a designated portion of a multimodal document. When the voice synthesis execution determination unit (306) determines that the apparatus (102) should execute voice synthesis processing, the data communication unit (304) transmits a voice synthesis result by the voice synthesizing unit (309) to the apparatus (101).

Abstract: Disclosed are an interactive system and method of controlling the same for achieving a task more efficiently. Items of data to be searched are stored in a memory (107) in a form classified according to prescribed classes, and a dialog controller (102) decides the order in which questions are presented to a user in order to narrow down the object of a search to data in a specific class. The questions are then presented to the user in the decided order by a question generator (103).

Abstract: Modality information associated with modalities of a control device is received via a communication module. Also, dialog information associated with dialog of a device to be controlled is received via the communication module. A bind layer inference module generates bind information that infers the relationship between the modality information and dialog information, and binds the modality information and dialog information. The bind information and dialog information are transmitted to the control device via the communication module.