Patent ID: 7319963

Claim:
A terminal that is provided in a vehicle and constitutes a voice recognition system with a voice recognition server that executes voice recognition for a voice received from the terminal via wireless communication, the terminal comprising: voice inputting means for inputting the voice; storing means for storing the inputted voice; transmitting means for transmitting the stored voice to the voice recognition server; determining means for determining whether a radio wave environment relating to the wireless communication meets a certain condition; and controlling means for controlling the storing means for storing the inputted voice when it is determined that the radio wave environment does not meet the certain condition, and the transmitting means for transmitting the stored voice to the voice recognition server after it is determined that the radio wave environment meets the certain condition; wherein the stored voice is transmitted to the voice recognition server along with an elapse datum indicating an elapsed time from a time when the inputted voice is stored by the storing means.