Speech recognition is the process by which computer-based software converts
audible voice into digital text. When you think of computer-based speech
recognition, most people picture someone sitting at a desk, wearing a headset
microphone, dictating large volumes of text into a desktop system. But
speech-recognition technology, over the past decade, has moved from the
desktop to the server, from use by an individual to use by the enterprise.
Take the following examples:
"Can you tell me what IBM stock closed at last night?" "I'd like to transfer
two thousand dollars from my savings to my checking account please" "Connect
me to Kim Kemble in Boca Raton" "Subjective colon 32-year-old white female in
for evaluation period Patient describes injury of left ankle period
"Objective colon Patient presents in mild distress and pain period Heart
colon Regular rate and rhythm pe... (more)