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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Norio Kouzu, Tagata-gun, JP;
Norio Kouzu, Tagata-gun, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a key-input voice assistant apparatus of the present invention, a mode switching key is used to switch the operation mode between a normal mode in which a function assigned to a key is executed when key input is detected and a voice guide mode in which a voice is used for a guide. The apparatus determines whether or not key information indicative of the detection of the key is stored when it detects the key input in the voice guide mode, stores the key information and outputs voice information assigned to the key if it concludes that the key information is not stored, and executes the function assigned to the key if it concludes that the key information is stored.