In the case where a voice control device can communicate with a printing apparatus and a display apparatus, a user is provided with visual presentations of notifications on the display apparatus where print processing instructions are provided to the printing apparatus based on user instructions issued to the voice control device by voice.

An information processing apparatus includes a controller. If images related to devices that have been identified are superimposed on one another, the controller causes information about one or plural cooperative functions that use functions of the devices to be displayed.

An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user, an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication.

An image forming system capable of improving the usability of an interactive agent function. The image forming system receives voice input thereto as an instruction related to execution of a job. The image forming system executes a job based on settings indicated by voice input thereto, and in a case where a specific word is included in the input voice, the image forming system executes the job based on a plurality of types of settings registered in advance in association with the specific word.

An image processing system capable of managing image data using a plurality of boxes, comprises a microphone that obtains a sound, an obtaining unit that obtains a user identifier based on voice information of a user obtained via the microphone, a specifying unit that specifies one box among the plurality of boxes based on specification information including at least the user identifier, and an informing unit that informs the user of information related to the specified one box.

An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: executes processing corresponding to an instruction input via an external device; sends a first notification to the external device according to a completion of execution of the processing; and upon estimating that the execution of the processing is not completed before a timeout time, sends a second notification different from the first notification to the external device. The external device sets the timeout time for the first notification.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions may be read by a controller of an information processing device in which an image processing program and a voice-recognition program have been installed. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to obtain the text data from the voice-recognition program in a case where the voice-recognition program creates the text data. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to determine whether the obtained text data includes a first string and a second string. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to cause a display of the information processing device to display a specific image in a case where it is determined that the text data includes the first string and the second string. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to instruct the image processing program to execute image processing.

An information processing system includes first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry generates a processing command based on a recognition result of audio information acquired from a voice input device, and instructs the second circuitry to process process data based on the processing command. The second circuitry generates an execution command in response to the instruction from the first circuitry, and transmits the execution command to the information processing apparatus to instruct the information processing apparatus to execute processing of the process data.

A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes receiving a grammar-based voice search for a workflow, processing the grammar-based voice search into normalized terms associated with the MFD, searching for workflows that match the normalized terms from the grammar-based voice search, and displaying matching workflows in a sorted order on a user interface of the MFD.

An information processing apparatus that is capable of reducing time and effort to set settings of a smart speaker that cooperates with the information processing apparatus when a user starts to use the smart speaker. The information processing apparatus acquires identification information of the user, and acquires audio control information associated with the acquired identification information. Then, the information processing apparatus requests the smart speaker to change the audio setting of the smart speaker based on the acquired audio control information.