6. An information access system comprising: a central system including a database for storing information relating to publications; and a terminal coupled to the central system; wherein said terminal includes: speech inputting means for inputting speech information, and sound analyzing means for analyzing speech information inputted to the speech inputting means and sending sound analysis results to the central system, and further wherein said central system includes: central speech recognition means for recognizing speech information using sound analyzing means sound analysis results sent from the terminal, and central control means for carrying out a prescribed processing in accordance with speech recognition results of the central speech recognition means the central control means configured to search for and transmit to the terminal information relating to publications on the database in accordance with speech recognition results.
6. An information access system comprising: a central system including a database for storing information relating to publications; and a terminal coupled to the central system; wherein said terminal includes: speech inputting means for inputting speech information, and sound analyzing means for analyzing speech information inputted to the speech inputting means and sending sound analysis results to the central system, and further wherein said central system includes: central speech recognition means for recognizing speech information using sound analyzing means sound analysis results sent from the terminal, and central control means for carrying out a prescribed processing in accordance with speech recognition results of the central speech recognition means the central control means configured to search for and transmit to the terminal information relating to publications on the database in accordance with speech recognition results. 17. An information access system according to claim 6 wherein the speech is uttered in word or syllable units.