Voice processing device, meeting system, and voice processing method

A meeting system comprising a first voice processing device and a second voice processing device that are connected to each other via a network so that a voice received by the first voice processing device is transmitted to the second voice processing device and a voice received by the second voice processing device is transmitted to the first voice processing device, in which the first voice processing device includes:

• a voice receiver that receives a voice;
• an imager;
• an image acquirer that acquires a captured image captured by the imager;
• an utterer identifier that identifies an utterer based on the voice received by the voice receiver and the captured image acquired by the image acquirer;
• a voice determiner that determines whether the voice is a specific word for starting receiving a predetermined command based on the voice received by the voice receiver and an image of the utterer identified by the utterer identifier, the image of the utterer being included in the captured image;
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• a voice transmitter that switches a transmission destination of the voice received by the voice receiver based on a determination result by the voice determiner, wherein
• if the voice determiner determines that the voice received by the voice receiver is the specific word, the voice transmitter transmits a voice received following the specific word by the voice receiver, as a command voice, to a server device that executes the predetermined command, and
• if the voice determiner determines that the voice received by the voice receiver is not the specific word, the voice transmitter transmits the voice to the second voice processing device.

A voice processing method for executing, by one or more processors:

• a voice reception process for receiving a voice;
• an image processing process for acquiring a captured image captured by an imager;
• an utterer identifying process for identifying an utterer based on the voice received at the voice reception process and the captured image acquired at the image processing process;
• a voice determination process for determining whether the voice is a specific word for starting receiving a predetermined command based on the voice received at the voice reception process and an image of the utterer identified at the utterer identifying process, the image of the utterer being included in the captured image;
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• a voice transmission process for switching a transmission destination of the voice received at the voice reception process based on a determination result at the voice determination process.