Information processing apparatus that transmits a speech signal to a speech recognition server triggered by an activation word other than defined activation words, speech recognition system including the information processing apparatus, and information processing method

An information processing method which is executed by a computer, the information processing method comprising:

• obtaining speech of a user;
• when the speech obtained is recognized to be a first activation word, outputting a speech signal corresponding to a second activation word different from the first activation word;
• when the speech signal output is recognized to indicate the second activation word, performing an activation process for starting transmission of the speech signal of the speech obtained to a speech recognition server;
• transmitting, by the speech recognition server, a command to another server according to a speech recognition result of the speech signal received after the activation process;
• and
• outputting a speech signal corresponding to the second activation word when the speech obtained is recognized as the first activation word, and outputting a speech signal corresponding to a specification word for specifying a transmission destination of the command.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a speech obtainer which obtains speech of a user;
• a first controller which, when the first controller recognizes that the speech obtained by the speech obtainer is a first activation word, outputs a speech signal corresponding to a second activation word different from the first activation word;
• and
• a second controller which performs an activation process for starting transmission of the speech signal of the speech obtained by the speech obtainer to a speech recognition server when the second controller recognizes that the speech signal output by the first controller indicates the second activation word, wherein
• the speech recognition server transmits a command to another server according to a speech recognition result of the speech signal received from the information processing apparatus after the activation process, and
• the first controller is programmed to:
• output the speech signal corresponding to the second activation word in any of a first case of recognizing that the speech obtained by the speech obtainer is the first activation word and a second case of recognizing that the speech obtained by the speech obtainer is the second activation word, and
• output, to the second controller, a speech signal corresponding to a specification word for specifying a transmission destination of a command, next to the speech signal corresponding to the second activation word, only in the case of the first case among the first case and the second case.