Patent ID: 8189796

Claim:
A voice response system in which a voice response unit sends a monaural voice signal, corresponding to a request signal from a communication terminal, to the communication terminal, wherein the communication terminal comprises: a monaural/stereo conversion portion configured to convert the monaural voice signal from the voice response unit to a stereo voice signal wherein the communication terminal is configured to output the converted stereo voice signal, and wherein the voice response unit includes a pattern type sending portion for sending assigned position pattern type information determined corresponding to the monaural voice signal to be sent to the communication terminal, and the communication terminal includes an assigned position supply portion which has a plurality of assigned position patterns composed of time-series of assigned position parameters for specifying a sound source position in the stereo voice signal after conversion and successively supplies assigned position parameters of an assigned position pattern determined by the type information provided from the voice response unit to the monaural/stereo conversion portion.