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| Accent | Way of speaking that is characteristic of a geographic region. |
| Acoustic model | Set of mathematical formulas that analyzes human voice patterns and |
| Automatic Speech Recognizer (ASR) | Speech recognition software which listens to human speech and converts the spoken words to text. |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | Painful & inflammatory condition that affects the carpal or wrist portion of the median nerve |
| Continuous Speech Recognition (CSR) | 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. |
| Dragon | Company |
| Jargon | Unique vocabulary includes technical terms or slang and phrases not used by the general public. Also called shop talk. |
| Language bar | Speech recognition or voice control center providing easy access to speech and handwriting recognition tools in Microsoft Office. |
| Lernout & Hauspie | Early leader in the development of speech recognition and translation software. |
| Natural Language Technology (NLT) | Commands that make speaking to a speech recognition system almost as natural as talking to a person. |
| NatuallySpeaking | First accurate continuous speech recognition product with over 30 |
| New Line command | Ends the current line of text and moves the insertion point to the next line. |
| New Paragraph Command | Ends a paragraph and moves the insertion point to the next line. |
| Phrase | Group of words that express an idea. |
| Profile | Special file that collects data about a user’s speech patterns. Pronunciation |
| Repetitive strain injury (RSI) | Condition that causes painful inflammation that affects parts of the body involved in constantly repeated actions such as typing. |
| Say what you see | Voice-activated technology that enables users to access any function or command visible in a dialog box |
| Scratch That | Voice command that erases the last word or phrase dictated. |
| Speech balloon | Display messages about the current status of the speech recognition software and warns users if the current speech is too loud or too soft for processing. |
| Speech dictionary | Contains words recognized by CSR software |
| Speech vocabulary | List of words a speech recognition program recognizes Train |
| USB | Acronym for the Universal Serial Bus |
| ViaVoice | Continuous voice dictation software created by IBM |
| Voice Command mode | Enables users to give verbal commands to control menus and format documents in any Microsoft Office application |
| Voice Xpress | Speech recognition product crated by Lernout & Hauspie |
