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voice recognition

British

noun

the control of a computer system by a voice or voices that the computer has been instructed to accept

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In a move that drew less attention at the time, Google also started designing its own AI chips, believing it would need vastly more computing power to support applications such as voice recognition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Last year, internal documents from West Midlands Police revealed worries about whether voice recognition systems would understand Brummie accents.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

To test if voice prints were at play, Smeele turned to a machine learning model widely used in human voice recognition, which detects the identity of the speaker using the timber of their voice.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

But large-scale production of digital doubles is a long way off — for now, the company offers more affordable voice recognition software and virtual assistant technology.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

It’s a foreign word, one I don’t know, but I know the tone of his voice: recognition, completion, something added to a set.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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