Method and system for acquiring information with voice input
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsHaru Ando, Yoshito Nejime, Junichi Matsuda
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Abstract
A user-requested command with both visual and hearing information is indicated. Additionally, with a user friendly method, the user understands what content to input. The user-requested command is expressed in the form of a template sentence. Template part in the template sentence is vocalized, and a slot area in the template sentence is expressed using a sound or voice. The user inputs his or her voice to be input to the slot area.
Claims12
A method for acquiring information with voice inputs, comprising the steps of:
- outputting a template sentence including a slot area as sound data voice-synthesized by replacing the slot area with a sound of a predetermined time length;
- receiving the voice data;
- converting the received data to a character string through a voice recognition process;
- and
- acquiring a word corresponding to the slot area from the character string.
A method for acquiring information with voice input, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an instruction to select one of a plurality of template sentences including slot areas, the template sentences being stored in a memory device;
- producing sound data voice-synthesized by replacing the slot area of the selected template sentence with a sound of a predetermined time length;
- transmitting the produced sound data;
- receiving voice data;
- converting the received data to a character string through a voice recognition process;
- and
- acquiring a word corresponding to the slot area from the character string.
A system for acquiring information with voice input, comprising:
- storing means for storing a plurality of template sentences including slot areas and data corresponding to the slot areas;
- voice synthesizing means for converting the template sentence including the slot area to sound data by replacing the slot area with said data;
- transmitting means for transmitting sound data;
- receiving means for receiving data;
- voice recognition means for converting voice data received by the receiving means to a character string;
- and
- word acquiring means for acquiring a word corresponding to the slot area in the transmitted template sentence from said character string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.