Abstract:
A voice speech device includes: a display; a selector that causes the display to display one or more candidates for a name to be provided to a target appliance (appliance), and accepts selection of one name among the one or more candidates; a receiver for receiving first state information that is sent from the target appliance and indicates a state of the target appliance; a speech sentence creator that creates a speech sentence for notifying the state of the target appliance, based on the first state information received by the receiver, the speech sentence containing the one name accepted by the selector; and a voice outputter that outputs the speech sentence by voice.
Abstract:
A method includes: controlling a cooking appliance for cooking; obtaining cooking information for the cooking appliance controlled in the controlling of the cooking appliance; and requesting imaging in accordance with a state of the cooking appliance. The method also includes: controlling a camera for capturing an image of food cooked by the cooking appliance in response to the request made in the requesting of the imaging; and associating the image captured in the controlling of the camera with the cooking information obtained in the obtaining of the cooking information.
Abstract:
A notification management device includes: an operation log obtainer that obtains an operation log indicating a state of an information source appliance operated by a user, from the information source appliance; an operation log storage that stores the operation log obtained by the operation log obtainer; a setting content information storage that stores setting content information indicating setting content of a voice notification of an utterance appliance set by the user; a voice notification log storage that stores a voice notification log indicating a history of the voice notification output by the utterance appliance based on the setting content; an estimator that estimates the user's interest based on at least one of the operation log, the setting content information, or the voice notification log; and a push notification transmitter that transmits, to a terminal device, a push notification for notifying the user of notification content related to the estimated interest.
Abstract:
A management apparatus includes: an extractor that extracts, on the basis of a predetermined condition, one or more utterance histories from a plurality of utterance histories each indicating the content of a voice caused to be output by a first device (e.g., utterance device); and a display controller that causes a second device (e.g., display device) to display information indicating the one or more utterance histories.
Abstract:
A voice notification system is a system that causes a talking device to provide a voice notification of information about a notification target that is an information source device about which information is notified by the talking device or an information source service about which information is notified by the talking device. The system includes: a change detector that detects a change regarding notification details or a change regarding a notification method; and a notifier that causes the talking device to provide a voice notification of information about the change regarding the notification details or the change regarding the notification method when the change regarding the notification details or the change regarding the notification method is detected.
Abstract:
A control method of a washing machine including a wireless communicator communicating with an electronic device, includes: causing the washing machine to operate a washing tub of the washing machine as a preliminary operation, including a rotational operation of the washing tub; acquiring motion information regarding a motion of the electronic device during the preliminary operation; determining whether or not the electronic device is inside the washing tub based on the acquired motion information and information indicating the preliminary operation; and giving the washing machine a notification indicating that the electronic device is inside the washing tub if the determining determines that the electronic device is inside the washing tub. It is determined whether or not the electronic device is inside the washing tub, based on a comparison between characteristic operation information determined in advance with regard to the preliminary operation and the motion information acquired by a sensor.