Apparatus for generating text data on the basis of speech data input from terminal

A speech control apparatus connected to a terminal through a communication network, comprising:

• means for receiving speech data transmitted from said terminal;
• means for recognizing the received speech data and converting the speech data into document data;
• means for extracting a word relating to a destination from the converted document data to specify a destination;
• and
• means for transmitting the converted document data to the specified destination.

A portable terminal unit for obtaining text data from speech data through a network, comprising:

• means for inputting speech data;
• transmit control means for appending an identification code of the portable terminal unit to the input speech data and for transmitting the speech data to a speech control unit connected to the portable terminal unit through the network;
• receive control means for receiving text data as a result of conversion of the speech data transmitted from the speech control unit to the portable terminal unit corresponding to the identification code;
• and
• display means for displaying the received text data.

A speech control apparatus to which a plurality of terminal units are connected through a network, comprising:

• means for receiving speech data and data identifying a format type transmitted from each of the terminal units;
• document generating means for recognizing the received speech data, converting the recognized speech data into document data, and generating formatted document data having a format corresponding to the format type for each terminal unit;
• and
• means for transmitting the generated formatted document data to the specified terminal unit through the network.

An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing speech data to be converted into formatted document data in a speech control apparatus to which a terminal unit is connected through a network, the computer readable program code means comprising:

• means for causing a computer to receive speech data transmitted from the terminal unit;
• means for causing the computer to recognize the received speech data, convert the recognized speech data into document data, extract a specific word from the converted document data, and insert the extracted word into a specific field of the converted document data to generate formatted document data having a predetermined format;
• and
• means for causing the computer to transmit the generated formatted document data through the network.

An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing speech data to be converted into formatted document data in a speech control apparatus to which a plurality of terminal units are connected through a network, the computer readable program code means comprising:

• means for causing a computer to receive speech data and data identifying a format type transmitted from each of the terminal units;
• means for causing the computer to recognize the received speech data, convert the recognized speech data into document data, and generate document data having a format corresponding to the format type for each terminal unit;
• and
• means for causing the computer to transmit the generated formatted document data to a specified terminal unit through the network.