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| Voice-activated technology that enables users to access any function or command visible in a dialog box, menu bar, toolbar, or task pane. |
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| Voice command that erases the last word or phrase dictated. |
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| Speech recognition product crated by Lernout & Hauspie. It pioneered many Natural Language Technology or NLT commands |
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| Special file that collects data about a user speech patterns. A user profile enables the speech recognition system to store patterns and vocabulary for individual speakers. |
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| Sound of words when they are spoken |
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| Process in which a user reads a sample script aloud, enabling the speech recognition system to record an individual’s unique speech patterns, increasing the accuracy of the conversation from the spoken words to text. |
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| List of words a speech recognition program recognizes. Only words in the vocabulary can be displayed. |
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| Group of words that express an idea |
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| Ends a paragraph and moves the insertion point to the next line. Generally, there is more white space between paragraphs than between lines within a paragraph. |
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| Enables users to give verbal commands to control menus and format documents in any Microsoft Office Application |
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| Display messages about the current status of speech recognition software and warns users if the current speech it too loud or too soft for processing. |
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| Continuous voice dictation software created by IBM. |
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| Contains words recognized by CSR software. Speech dictionaries containing 300,000 words are now common. |
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| Repetitive Strain injury (RSI) |
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| Condition, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, that causes painful inflammation that affects parts of the body involved in constantly repeated actions such as typing. |
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| Acronym of the Universal Serial Bus, an interface connection to a personal computer. USB speech recognition headsets and microphones bypass the sound card and input speech more directly and with less distortion into a computer processor. |
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