Patent ID: 6944593

Claim:
A speech input system comprising: a speech input terminal provided with a speech input/output means, and a means for displaying an access status to an external system; an application service provider for providing different information; and a speech portal server which controls a conversation between said speech input terminal and said application service provider based on the provided speech, and is provided with a speech recognizing means for receiving a speech from said speech input terminal to recognize it as a text comprising character strings, a command converting means for checking the recognized text with a command text dictionary, and separating it into a command text and an object text, and a conversation control means for sending the separated command text and object text to said application service provider, and providing said speech input terminal with information searched by said application service provider; wherein said speech recognizing means is provided with a connected speech recognizing means for recognizing speech sound in a sentence constructed with a succession of a plurality of words in a relatively longer utterance, a word speech recognizing means for recognizing speech sound in a relatively shorter utterance and a comprehensive recognition evaluating means for selecting either of recognition results of said two recognizing means based on a speech characteristic value provided as a threshold.