摘要 |
A system has a first machine ( 9 to 11,12,13,15 ) couplable to a network (N) and capable of carrying out at least one function, a speech data receiver ( 26,27 ) for receiving speech data representing instructions spoken by a user and specifying a function to be carried out by the first machine and a speech data transmitter ( 27,28 ) for transmitting the speech data to a speech server ( 2 ) couplable to the network (N). The speech server ( 2 ) has a speech manager ( 6 ) for accessing a speech recognition engine ( 5 ) for performing speech recognition on speech data received over the network to produce recognised speech data, an interpreter ( 7 ) for processing recognised speech data to derive from the speech data commands for causing the first machine to carry out the function specified in the spoken instructions and a command transmitter ( 6 ) for transmitting said commands over the network to the first machine, the first machine having a control command receiver ( 27,28 ) for receiving control commands over the network (N) from the speech server ( 2 ) and a controller ( 20,27 ) responsive to the control commands for causing the function specified by the spoken instructions to be carried out.
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