Speech recognition, sometimes referred to as "automatic speech recognition (ASR)" or "voice recognition," isn't a new technology — researchers at Bell Labs pursued ASR with funding from the defense ...

Microsoft’s speech and dialog research group’s speech recognition system now boasts a 5.1 percent error rate, according to a Aug. 20 company blog post by Xuedong ...

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Compared to most industries, healthcare has lagged behind in the adoption of information technology. One area in healthcare that consumes a great deal of time is documentation. Many physicians have ...

Q: I’d like to use voice recognition software for dictation but don’t want to spend money unless I know it’s going to work. What would you suggest? Since its humble beginnings in the 1950s, voice ...

Measurements of technological accuracy are important when selecting speech-recognition software, but comparisons are accuracy measurements are moot since there is no standardized way to measure these ...

Physicians often complain that when using electronic health records (EHRs), they're so busy typing that it's difficult to make good eye contact with patients. New voice recognition software holds ...

Many of the "Magnificent Seven" members have invested heavily in voice-based artificial intelligence (AI) assistants. The euphoria surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) played a major in the Nasdaq ...

Voice recognition leader Nuance Communications is snapping up a rival as part of its advancing foray into voice-enabling mobile devices and services. Voice recognition leader Nuance Communications is ...

Speech-recognition technology has been around since the 1960s, when computer scientists were trying to mimic the complexities of human speech. Now, the technology has become an everyday feature as ...

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