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| Accent | way of speaking that is characteristic of a geographic region |
| Acoustic model | set of mathematical formulas that analyze human voice patterns and evaluates the probablity of spoken words matching words in the speech recognition |
| Automatic Speech Recognizer (ASR) | speech recognition software, sometimes called a speech engine, which listens to human speech and converts the spoken words to text |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Painful, inflammatory condition taht affects the carpal or wrist portion of the median nerve. Often associated with repetitive action |
| Continous Speech Recogntion (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 recogniton system that requires the user to pause momentarily between each word |
| Dragon | Released the first continous speech recgnition product in 1997, with over 30,000 words in its speech dictionary. It was called NaturallySpeaking |
| Jargon | unique vocabulary that includes technical terms, 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. Poioneered Natural Language Technology (NLT) in its Voice Xpress Software |
| Natural Language Technology (NLT) | commands that make speaking into a speech recognition system almost as talking to a person |
| NaturallySpeaking | First accurate, continous speech recogntion product with over 30,000 words in its speech dictionary |
| 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. Generally there is more white space between paragraphs than between lines within a paragraph |
| Phrase | group of words that express an idea |
| Profile | Special file that collects data |
| Prounciation | sound of words when they are spoken |
| Repetitive strain injury (RSI) | condtion, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, that causes painful, that cuases painful, inflammation taht 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, menu bar, toolbar, or task pane |
| 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 dictionaries containing over 300,000 words are now common |
| Speech Vocabulary | list of words a speech recognition program recognizes. Only words in the vocabulary can be displayed |
| Train | process in which a user reads a sample script aloud, enabling the speech recognition system to record an individual's unique speech patterns, increasing the accuracy of the conversation from spoken words to the text |
| USB | Acronym for the Universal Serial Bus, an interace connection to a personal computer. USB speech recognition headsets and microphones bypass the sound card and input speech more directly and with less distortion into a computer processor |
| ViaVoice | Continous 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 created by Lernout & Hauspie. It pioneered many Natural Language technology or NLT Commands |
