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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Masanori Tsujikawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Satoshi Tsukada, Minato-ku, JP;
Eiji Takada, Minato-ku, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice separation meansseparates an input voice of a volume adjusted by an input volume adjustment means, into a voice recognition voice and a monitoring voice. A monitoring volume adjustment meansadjusts a volume of the monitoring voice. An output volume adjustment meansadjusts a volume of an output voice and causes an output device to output the output voice of the adjusted volume, the output voice being a voice obtained by synthesizing a synthetic voice and the monitoring voice of the volume adjusted by the monitoring volume adjustment means, the synthetic voice being a voice synthesized from information generated as a result of voice recognition of the voice recognition voice. A control meansinstructs the monitoring volume adjustment meansto adjust the volume of the monitoring voice so that an amplification factor of the volume of the output voice with respect to the volume of the input voice does not exceed 1.