Patent attributes
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a hardware processor. The processor receives voice data acquired by collecting speech of a user from a wearable device wearable by the user. The processor sends first mode information indicative of a first mode to one or more application programs being executed on the electronic device when the first mode is set as a recognition mode. A first recognition process to recognize one of first commands from the voice data is performed in the first mode. The processor sends second mode information indicative of a second mode to the one or more application programs when the second mode is set as the recognition mode. A second recognition process to recognize one of second commands from the voice data is repeatedly performed in the second mode.