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| Accent | Way of speaking that is characteristic of a geographic region. |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Painful, inflammatory condition that affects the carpal or wrist portion of the median nerve. |
| Acoustic Model | Set of mathematical formulas that analyzes human voice patterns and evaluates the probability of spoken words matching words in the speech recognition vocabulary. |
| Continuous Speech Recognition | Speech recognition system that enables users to speak normally, pausing only to give commands and insert punctuation marks. |
| Dictation Mode | Enables users to dictate text into a computer application. |
| Discrete Speech | Speech recognition system that requires the user to pause momentarily between each word. |
| Language Bar | Speech recognition or voice control center providing easy access to speech and handwriting recognition tools in Microsoft Office. |
| Natural Language Technology | Commands that make speaking to a speech recognition system almost as natural as talking to a person. |
