5. A control apparatus for controlling electronic equipment as defined in claim 4, wherein the electronic equipment is a video tape recorder and when the instruction supplementing the operation mode recognized by the speech recognition means is a word meaning "Fast" and a current operation mode of the video tape recorder is a "stop" or "playback" mode, the microprocessor brings the video tape recorder into a "fast feeding" mode or "fast playback" mode, respectively.
4. A control apparatus for controlling electronic equipment as defined in claim 1, wherein the microprocessor selects and outputs one control instruction appropriate for a current operation mode of the electronic equipment from among a plurality of control instructions in response to an instruction supplementing the operation mode recognized by the speech recognition means, such that a selection made by the microprocessor corresponds to a user selection following a request from the animation character to the user for an instruction supplementing the operation mode.