Speech input system, speech portal server, and speech input terminal
In order to provide a speech input system for having access from a mobile terminal such as a PDA or a portable phone, or a stationary terminal such as a home telephone, a TV set, or a PC to a network through speech, and receiving a service from a provider for providing map information, music information, broadcast program information, and telephone information, the speech input system comprises speech input terminals 10, 30 provided with a speech input/output mean, and an access status display mean, a speech portal server 50 provided with a speech recognizing mean for receiving a speech to recognize it as a text, a command converting mean for checking the recognized text with a command text dictionary, and separating it into a command text and an object text, and a conversation control mean for having an access to, and receiving a service from a provider which provides different information based on the separated texts, and providing the speech input terminal with the service, and a provider 60 for searching information based on the command text and the object text received from the speech portal server, and serves the speech portal server with a search result.
1. A speech input system comprising:
a speech input terminal provided with a speech input/output means, and a means for displaying an access status to an external system;
an application service provider for providing different information; and
a speech portal server which controls a conversation between said speech input terminal and said application service provider based on the provided speech, and is provided with a speech recognizing means for receiving a speech from said speech input terminal to recognize it as a text comprising character strings, a command converting means for checking the recognized text with a command text dictionary, and separating it into a command text and an object text, and a conversation control means for sending the separated command text and object text to said application service provider, and providing said speech input terminal with information searched by said application service provider;
wherein said speech recognizing means is provided with a connected speech recognizing means for recognizing speech sound in a sentence constructed with a succession of a plurality of words in a relatively longer utterance, a word speech recognizing means for recognizing speech sound in a relatively shorter utterance and a comprehensive recognition evaluating means for selecting either of recognition results of said two recognizing means based on a speech characteristic value provided as a threshold.
2. The speech portal server according to claim 1 wherein said speech characteristic value is a speech time.
3. The speech portal server according to claim 1 wherein said speech characteristic value is a recognized string length.