speech recognition

[ speech rek-uhg-nish-uhn ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. automatic speech recognition
2. Also called speak·er rec·og·ni·tion. the computerized analysis of spoken input to identify a speaker, as for a security system.

speech recognition

noun

1. the understanding of continuous speech by a computer

Word History and Origins

Origin of speech recognition¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

This same onboarding process also carefully explains why LOVE asks for permissions — like using speech recognition to create subtitles.

From TechCrunch

Famously, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency developed the technologies behind the internet and speech recognition.

From Singularity Hub 

The new infotainment system offers speech recognition for voice commands and software that actually learns how to anticipate when you might be about to change the nav screen or radio channel.

From Washington Blade

Imagine a system that automatically does speech recognition, that’s easy, and then does fact-checking.

From MIT Technology Review

It’s the combination of three different skills…speech recognition, natural language processing and voice generation.

From MIT Technology Review