The invention is directed to a method for controlling a speech dialog system comprising the steps of receiving an input signal emanating from a device not being part of the speech dialog system, automatically classifying the input signal according to a pre...

The present invention is directed to a system (20A, 20B) and method of navigating audio compact discs utilizing voice commands. The system includes both in-vehicle components and off-vehicle components. In the vehicle are the compact disc player (22) and a...

The system has a voice input unit, a menu-driven control unit, an association term list with defined menu terms and associated functions and synonyms. The voice input unit is designed for dialog voice input so that when a synonym is entered the at least on...

A route guidance system for vehicles is adapted to carry out route guidance based on stored data relating to a route from a start position to a destination. The route guidance is based on a detected present position of the vehicle and on the stored data re...

When searching voice recognition dictionary data having the highest similarity to a feature parameter, a voice recognition device 43 refers to voice recognition dictionary data stored in the car audio operation recognition dictionary memory 61 of a car aud...