Control method, voice interaction apparatus, voice recognition server, non-transitory storage medium, and control system

The control apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to control a voice interaction apparatus including a speech section detector, the speech section detector being configured to identify whether an acquired voice includes a speech made by a target person by a set identification level and perform speech section detection, in which the calculation unit instructs, when an estimation result indicating that it is highly likely that the speech made by the target person is included in the acquired voice has been acquired from a voice recognition server, the voice interaction apparatus to change a setting in such a way as to lower the identification level of the speech section detector, and to perform communication with the voice recognition server by speech section detection in accordance with the identification level after the change.