METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM SPEECH REFERENCE ENROLLMENT BASED ON INPUT SPEECH CHARACTERISTICS

A speech reference enrollment method involves requesting a user speak a word; detecting a first utterance; requesting the user speak the word; detecting a second utterance; determining a first similarity between the first utterance and the second utterance; when the first similarity is less than a predetermined similarity, requesting the user speak the word; detecting a third utterance; determining a second similarity between the first utterance and the third utterance; and when the second similarity is greater than or equal to the predetermined similarity, creating a reference.