A question as to the physical condition and a question as to the feeling
are asked, answers are accepted by voice, acoustic features are extracted
from the answer to the question as to the physical condition, and
character string information is extracted from the answer to the question
as to the feeling. A correlation between the acoustic features and the
character string information is set, and character string information is
identified from a newly accepted acoustic feature, thereby performing
feeling presumption. Feeling is presumed from the voice in response to
the subject's severalty and changes in the subject's age and physical
condition. A medical examination by interview on the mental condition is
performed on the subject by voice output and voice input, and the
subject's mental condition is diagnosed based on the contents of the
subject's answer and analysis of the answer by voice.