Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first storage to store correspondence data that includes a plurality of mental and physical states and keywords related to each of the states; a second storage to store messages representing contents tweeted for an observed target by a plurality of observers; and a data processor to detect keywords related to each of the states from the messages based on the correspondence data and create presentation information which includes information data arranged correspondingly to each of the states wherein the information data is arranged for each of the messages including the keywords related to the corresponding state and includes the keyword detected from the each of the messages.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication support device includes a first acquisition unit, a creation unit, and an output unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a message to be notified to a user. The creation unit creates type information indicating a type of content of the message. The output unit outputs the message in an output mode based on importance of the message among a plurality of output modes including at least a first output mode for outputting an entire message, a second output mode for outputting the type information, and a third output mode for outputting reception information indicating reception of the message.

Abstract: A communication support device performs communication with a plurality of terminal devices. The communication support device includes an acquirer, a changer, and a deliverer. The acquirer acquires messages from the terminal devices. The changer changes, on the acquired message, a delivery mode of the message to the delivery mode that eliminates confusion when the message has a possibility of causing the confusion. The deliverer delivers the message to the terminal devices in the delivery mode that is changed.

Abstract: A knowledge construction and utilization system includes a plurality of user terminals and a server. Each of the user terminals includes an input mechanism for inputting a first knowledge information piece, a communication mechanism for transmitting and receiving the first knowledge information piece to and from the server, and an output mechanism for outputting a received knowledge information piece. The server receives the first knowledge information piece input from one of the user terminals, analyzes a topic and a speech function of the first knowledge information piece, extracts one or more of the knowledge information pieces having a correspondence to the first knowledge information piece based on the result in the analysis, and notifies other user terminals than the user terminal which transmitted the first knowledge information piece of the fact that the one or more knowledge information pieces are transmitted to the user terminal.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication support apparatus supports communication among users. The apparatus includes a message receiver to receive a message from a user terminal; a participation request transmission controller to control such that, when the received message is a participation request message, the participation request message is transmitted to a user terminal to which the participation request message is to be transmitted; a response receiver to receive a response to the participation request message from the user terminal to which the participation request message has been transmitted; a group generator to generate a conversation group including as members the user terminal that has responded to the participation request message and the user terminal serving as a transmission source; and a conversation controller to control delivery of messages in the conversation mode such that a message received from a member of the conversation group is transmitted to another member.

Abstract: A communication support device performs communication with a plurality of terminal devices. The communication support device includes an acquirer, a changer, and a deliverer. The acquirer acquires messages from the terminal devices. The changer changes, on the acquired message, a delivery mode of the message to the delivery mode that eliminates confusion when the message has a possibility of causing the confusion. The deliverer delivers the message to the terminal devices in the delivery mode that is changed.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication support device includes a first acquisition unit, a creation unit, and an output unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a message to be notified to a user. The creation unit creates type information indicating a type of content of the message. The output unit outputs the message in an output mode based on importance of the message among a plurality of output modes including at least a first output mode for outputting an entire message, a second output mode for outputting the type information, and a third output mode for outputting reception information indicating reception of the message.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication support apparatus supports communication among users. The apparatus includes a message receiver to receive a message from a user terminal; a participation request transmission controller to control such that, when the received message is a participation request message, the participation request message is transmitted to a user terminal to which the participation request message is to be transmitted; a response receiver to receive a response to the participation request message from the user terminal to which the participation request message has been transmitted; a group generator to generate a conversation group including as members the user terminal that has responded to the participation request message and the user terminal serving as a transmission source; and a conversation controller to control delivery of messages in the conversation mode such that a message received from a member of the conversation group is transmitted to another member.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first storage to store correspondence data that includes a plurality of mental and physical states and keywords related to each of the states; a second storage to store messages representing contents tweeted for an observed target by a plurality of observers; and a data processor to detect keywords related to each of the states from the messages based on the correspondence data and create presentation information which includes information data arranged correspondingly to each of the states wherein the information data is arranged for each of the messages including the keywords related to the corresponding state and includes the keyword detected from the each of the messages.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a voice communication supporting device includes a voice receiving unit, a voice reproducing unit, a reproduction cancelling unit, and a notification sending unit. The voice receiving unit receives a voice message. The voice reproducing unit reproduces the received voice message. In response to a user operation, the reproduction cancelling unit performs control to cancel reproduction of the voice message. The notification sending unit sends, to a sender of the voice message whose reproduction has been cancelled, a cancellation notification about cancellation of reproduction of the voice message.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a machine translation apparatus includes an input device which inputs a first language sentence; an additional information acquisition unit which acquires a first user or a current location of the first language sentence as a first additional information; a reference data storage device which stores second language reference data that are the relationships between second language sentences and at least one of a second user and a second user usage location of the second language sentences as a second additional information; a text data acquisition unit which acquire second language text data from the second language reference data including second additional information being the same at least one part of the first additional information; and a translation unit which translates the first language sentence to a second language sentence by using the second language text data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.

Abstract: An analyzing unit performs a morphological analysis of an input character string that is obtained by processing input speech. A generating unit divides the input character string in units of division previously decided, that is composed of one or plural morphemes, and generates partial character strings including part of components of the divided input character string. A candidate output unit outputs the generated partial character strings to a display unit. A selection receiving unit receives a partial character string selected from the outputted partial character strings as a target to be processed.

Abstract: In a machine-translation apparatus, an example storage unit stores therein target language examples in a target language and source language examples in a source language, while keeping the target language examples and the source language examples in correspondence with one another. An input receiving unit receives an input sentence in the source language. A searching unit conducts a search in the example storage unit for one of the target language examples corresponding to one of the source language examples that either matches or is similar to the input sentence. A translating unit generates a reverse-translated sentence by translating the one of the target language examples found in the search into the source language. A detecting unit detects a difference portion between the reverse-translated sentence and the input sentence. An output unit outputs the difference portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a linked-work assistance apparatus includes an analysis unit, an identification unit and a control unit. The analysis unit analyzes a speech of each of users by using a keyword list, to acquire a speech analysis result indicating a relation between a first keyword and a classification of the first keyword, the keyword list indicating a list of keywords classified based on concepts of the keywords and intentions of the keywords. The identification unit identifies a role of each of the users according to the classification of the first keyword, to acquire a correspondence relation between each of the users and the role. The control unit, if the speech includes a name of the role, transmits the speech to other users which relate to the role corresponding to the name, by referring to the correspondence relation.

Abstract: An input unit inputs a drawing information based on a first language on a display by at least one of a plurality of users each locating at predetermined position relative to the display. A conversion unit converts the drawing information based on the first language to an information based on a second language. A control unit presents the information based on the second language on the display according to a location of another user of the plurality of users as a person to present the information based on the second language.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a translation unit translates a first sentence in a first language into a sentence in a second language using parallel translations. A next utterance table includes first identification information distinguishing between a sentence in the first language and a sentence in the second language included in the parallel translation and includes second identification information identifying a sentence previously selected as the next utterance of the sentence indicated by the first identification information. An acquiring unit acquires next utterance candidates, which are sentences indicated by the second identification information associated with the first identification information of the first sentence. If the selected next utterance candidate is the first language, the translation unit translates the selected next utterance candidate into the second language.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech recognition apparatus includes following units. The service estimation unit estimates a service being performed by a user, by using non-speech information, and to generate service information. The speech recognition unit performs speech recognition on speech information in accordance with a speech recognition technique corresponding to the service information. The feature quantity extraction unit extracts a feature quantity related to the service of the user, from the speech recognition result. The service estimation unit re-estimates the service by using the feature quantity. The speech recognition unit performs speech recognition based on the re-estimation result.