<Voice Recognition Technology>
Computers have already beaten us at chess, Jeopardy and Go, the ancient board game from Asia. And now, in the raging war with machines, human beings have lost yet another battle - over typing. Turns out voice recognition software has improved to the point where it is significantly faster and more accurate at producing text on a mobile device than we are at typing on its keyboard. Apple applied this technology onto their devices and named it 'Siri'. Without touching one's phone, users can call, send a text message, turn on a music, search for information, open emails, navigate and even make reservations.<Relation to Computer Science>
Voice recognition is the process of taking the spoken word as an input to a computer program. Voice recognition implies only that the computer can take dictation, not that it understands what is being said. The most common approaches to voice recognition can be divided into two classes: "template matching" and "feature analysis". Template matching is the simplest technique and has the highest accuracy when used properly, but it also suffers from the most limitations. Likewise, devices with voice recognizing technology those are in market often misunderstands users' input; however once this problem is fixed, voice recognition technology would take a big part in our life.
<References>
1. http://www.hitl.washington.edu/research/knowledge_base/virtual-worlds/EVE/I.D.2.d.VoiceRecognition.html
2. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/voice_recognition.html
3. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/04/the_end_of_typing_speech_recognition_technology_is_getting_better_and_better.html
It's informative! I remembered I watched a video that Mark Zuckerberg shows how he control the lights, speakers and even windows in his house simply by telling his electronic assistance what to do. It would become more important in the future.
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