Hello friends,
Thank
you for your continued interest in reading our blog on Speech Recognition. So
far we have seen how this technology works and specifically how recent
innovations have made it explode through multiple industries. Speech
Recognition has touched everything from the daily convenience of Siri to futuristic
applications such as digital dictation and real-time language translators. One
important distinction we want to make here is that the depending upon the industry
the need for achieving accurate and reliable recognition could vary
significantly. Even though the technology is slowly making its way into our
phones, tablets and personal computers, it'll still be some time before
keyboards disappear from our digital lives altogether. Additionally, for the most
promising applications in healthcare (documenting using deferred speech
recognition) and military (automatic flight control, ATC control etc.), the variation
of human speech in terms of accent, pronunciation, articulation, roughness,
nasality, pitch, volume, and speed has proved to be a major roadblock. While
we will address the challenges faced by Speech Recognition in detail in our
future blogs, the focus today is to provide some of the benefits of the
technology including the primary business value propositions. In other words –
‘WHY SHOULD YOU USE SPEECH RECOGNITION?’
Everyone from physicians to the disabled is making
use of speech recognition. For physicians, any time saved from taking notes and
filling out reports means more time to help patients. Likewise, for a disabled individual,
regardless of their physical shortcomings, speech recognition can in many cases
provide a significant level of self-sufficiency. Therefore one the biggest advantages
of this technology lie in its ability to improve efficiency and provide a level
of independence. Initially, speech recognition could only be used with the help
of a specific program or a exact piece of equipment, however with advances in
technology it is now possible for this software to be made available in not
only almost any program, but also in a significantly large amount of computer
systems. This means that the technology today is within reach of every
individual with access to a digital device.
The ability of voice activated
programs to improve human lifestyle and give you more time for more pressing
tasks can simply be explained through statistics. For example, the average
office worker is able to type anywhere between 50-70 words per minute. However,
with the use of speech recognition programs the average typing speed can be
increased to 120 words per minute at an astounding accuracy rate of 98%! With
suitable training, you can also be able to leave the editing portion of the
task to be completely handled through the use of voice-activated programming.
With all these advancements in voice recognition software it can definitely be
said that vast improvements in the lives of many and the productivity levels
will surely increase.
Talking computers has been
nothing more than a science fiction dream, however the real change in our lives
will come when computers can listen and understand.
References:
2. http://mirskdigital.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/800x600-normal-0-21-false-false-false.html
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