voice recognition

English

Noun

voice recognition (uncountable)

1. (computing) Speech recognition
   • 2011 Jan. 27, Katie Rooney, "50 Best iPhone Apps 2011," Time:

     The app also employs voice recognition, letting users simply announce what they're searching for.

2. The identification of a speaker based on the sound of their voice.

   Patients with severe prosopagnosia rely on voice recognition to identify people.

Synonyms

• (software function): speech recognition

Translations

software function that processes spoken input — see speech recognition

speaker recognition

• Dutch: stemherkenning f
• Esperanto: voĉrekonado
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• Swedish: röstigenkänning (sv) c

References

• “voice recognition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.