To provide an automatic visitor reception device for narrowing standby words required for speech recognition in a short time.
In the automatic visitor reception device, a word dictionary required for speech recognition processing is acquired from a server, and stored in a template storage area. When a visitor comes, it is determined whether the word dictionary is stored in the template storage area (S17). When it is not stored (S17: NO), the visitor reception device accesses the server based on an acquired server address, and acquires the word dictionary (S19). When the word dictionary is stored, the stored word dictionary is acquired without accessing the server (S21). Then, the acquired word dictionary is referred to, the speech raised by the visitor is speech-recognition-processed, a word included in the speech is specified, and information about the visitor's identity is specified (S25).
Tomohiro Inayama
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