Image forming apparatus, response notification method, and recording medium

Abstract

The invention provides an image forming apparatus, a response notification method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a response notification program, which can avoid timeout of an external apparatus when voice operation is performed from the external apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes: a process execution unit configured to execute a process according to an instruction input via an external apparatus; a first notification unit that issues a first notification corresponding to the completion of the execution of the process to the external apparatus; and a second notification unit that performs a second notification different from the first notification on the external apparatus when it is estimated that execution of the process before the timeout time set with respect to the first notification in the external apparatus has not ended.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, a response notification method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a response notification program. Background technique [0002] There are known image forming apparatuses such as MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral: Multi-Function Peripheral) in which a user inputs voice and gives an instruction, so that multiple functions such as copying, scanning, printing, and FAX can be operated by voice (see patent Literature 1). [0003] In addition, currently, many kinds of smart speakers are put into practical use. The smart speaker can acquire a user's voice, output a response corresponding to the acquired voice as voice, or instruct an external device or the like via a cloud server to perform an action corresponding to the acquired voice. [0004] When the image forming apparatus described above is connected to a smart speaker, a user's voice instruction can be transmitted to the image f...

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In such a case, for example, due to a timeout of the cloud server, the audio operation may be interrupted, and subsequent audio operations may not be continued.

In addition, for example, due to the timeout of the cloud server, there is a possibility that the operability of the voice operation may be deteriorated if the operation is restarted from the beginning.

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