speech recognition

noun

Computers. the computerized analysis of spoken words in order to identify the speaker, as in security systems, or to respond to voiced commands: the analysis is performed by finding patterns in the spectrum of the incoming sound and comparing them with stored patterns of elements of sound, as phones, or of complete words.

Compare phone².

Origin of speech recognition

First recorded in 1950–55

Also called voice recognition.

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British Dictionary definitions for speech recognition

speech recognition

noun

the understanding of continuous speech by a computer

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