Patent ID: 6879958
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a word-generating means for recognizing a voice and generating a first word and a second word, which correspond to said voice; a word-collating means for collating said first word generated by said word-generating means with pieces of information on a communication destination stored in advance and outputting a specific piece of information on a communication destination corresponding to said first word; a program-activating means for confirming that said second word generated by said word-generating means is a predetermined word, and activating a communication program corresponding to said predetermined word said program-activating means including status detecting means for determining whether a predetermined program is activated already and judging whether to issue a local command that is specific to controlling the predetermined program based on whether the predetermined program is already activated; and a communication-destination-setting means for adopting said specific piece of information on a communication destination output by said word-collating means as information on a communication destination of said communication program activated by said program activating means.