Watch what you say about your computer: It’s getting better at understanding your voice. Nuance Communications says the latest version of its speech-recognition software can achieve — with some ...

Nov. 30—CHAMPAIGN — Speech-recognition software doesn't work very well for people who could really use it, like those with Parkinson's or Down syndrome. Researchers at the University of Illinois have ...

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 ...

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 ...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is partnering with Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and nonprofit partners in the Speech Accessibility Project. The project's aim is to ...

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 ...

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: Are there any free voice recognition programs for my computer that are worth trying? A: The pursuit to have computers understand human speech started in the early 1950s when Bell Labs designed a ...

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 ...

Q: Are there any free voice recognition programs for my computer that are worth trying? A: The pursuit to have computers understand human speech started in the early 1950s when Bell Labs designed a ...

Just wondering if people had thoughts on speech recognition software. I have used Dragon NaturallySpeaking before (3.x) and it was okay, but it wasn't like typing. Of course, I didn't spend as much ...