摘要 |
PURPOSE:To correctly retrieve the contents of voice database without the need of a special input device for retrieving such as a keyboard but, using a retrieving keyword of user's voice database. CONSTITUTION:When a user wishes to retrieve prescribed voice data from a voice database 1, the user pronounces a keyword. The voice data of the keyword pronounced by the user are transmitted to a collating section 5 through a second voice input section 4 and a feature extracting section 2. At the same time, the voice data located in a voice database 1 are sequentially transmitted to the section 5 through a first voice input section 3 and the section 2. Thus, the voice data corresponding to the keyword, which is pronounced by the user, are retrieved from the voice data located in the voice database 1 in the section 5 and the voice data (voice signals) which are being seeked by the user are retrieved among the voice database 1. |