Voice Recognition: Used In So Many Ways by Leon Chaddock
Voice recognition can be used in a number of different manners. The goal of it is to provide you with the most unbelievable ability to be able to tell a computer or a piece of software to do something and then it will just do it. It will recognize your voice and then react to it. ... There are a number of different programs and services that work through voice recognition. ... This type of technology is technology that every one of us can benefit from in one method or another. ... If you are driving your car and can’t flip through the index of numbers on the phone yourself, why not use...

Voice Recognition Technology by Kevin Stith
You probably have heard about voice recognition that allows you to “talk” to a computer, so that it can convert your speech into text. It has been around for more than fifty years now. Developments in voice recognition technology through the years has made it possible for a computer to recognize... While it is true that speech or voice recognition technology has y gone a long way since its conception in the 1920s, it has not yet achieved one hundred percent accuracy. ... There are three ways that voice recognition technology can meet your needs: command and control, dictation and...

Free Voice Recognition Software by Kevin Stith
Voice or speech recognition technology has been around for more than fifty years, yet it was only during the 1970s that the technology developed rapidly. During that time, software was already capable of recognizing complete yet simple sentences. Today, speech recognition software is capable of... Certainly all-inclusive $200 voice recognition software may not be as good as free voice recognition software. ... There may be some free voice recognition software that are complete with features including enhanced browsers, personal information manager, Mp3 to Wav conversion, wave recording,...

Can Voice Recognition Technologies Make Transcription Services Redundant? by John Travers
Many businesses need to convert recorded voice to text and have long been looking for ways to do it quickly and inexpensively. Transcribing medical dictation is a prime example. Some years ago, when voice recognition software became commercially available, most people expected that the solution... Maybe sometime in the future someone will invent voice recognition technology that can handle all the above issues. ... Current voice recognition technology is just not capable of filtering out such irrelevant sounds or words.

Email Voice Recognition Reader for the Bathroom by Lance Winslow
Have you ever noticed that in the mornings before work you go to check your emails real fast to see if anything is urgent. For those who are self employed this is a must, as you never know who emailed and you might need this information prior to leaving the house. ... While brushing your teeth or hair you could be getting your emails read to you via you Bathroom robot which is working with your voice activated and voice recognition email reader device and why not? ... Your emails will be read and you can save or reply via your voice, but do not try to reply with toothpaste in your mouth,...

Voice Changer Software - Perfects Your Educational Projects by Chris Martin
If you are a teacher or a professor, obviously you will be vexed when one student gives a sneaky yawn in your class. Don’t hastily blame him but think twice about your lecture: may it lack a small fire of passion and creativeness? If you are a student, you cannot wait to become a Jack Black’s... However, this world seems to be not enough without the wise recognition of the new technology’s usage. ... With the function of a recorder, MP3 player and especially voice changer and voice simulator, VCS can support you to prepare lesson plans.

Using Speech Recognition Software As A Corporate Solution by Amy Nutt
Over the years, companies have searched for many solutions that would help them keep up with emerging technology. During that time, there have been many software packages developed specifically for corporations that deal with a high volume of customers over a short period of time. ... Because it is still quite volatile in nature, speech recognition technology is most commonly used in situations where only a few pieces of information are necessary, i.e. ... Another area where speech recognition software is becoming widely used is through unified messaging.

Learn To Use The Tools You Already Have by Dr. Yvonne LaMar
I had an unexpected visitor in my office between classes yesterday. A minister that I have known since moving to West Texas stopped by after a meeting to just say “hello.” As we made small talk, he noticed a microphone on my desk in front of my computer. ... I had the same nightmare experiences as everyone else who tried voice recognition when it first arrived on the scene several years ago. ... All of the programs in the Microsoft Office 2003 package have the voice recognition software already loaded.

Natural Language Computing by John Dir
In working with providing computer programs that leverage the use of natural language as a means for program command control, one of the first responses some people have is, “You mean I have to type?” The aversion to typing out thoughts to accomplish tasks seems unreasonably daunting for some at... Some software manufacturers have tried to provide the benefits of this type computer interaction using Voice Recognition (VR) technology. ... Using VR technology, the computer has problems recognizing user voice commands if the person has a cold or does not speak clearly.

How Biometric Technology is Used in Video Surveillance by Alice Osborn
As the recent July 7th London bombings would reveal, biometric technology images from over 200,000 video surveillance cameras are key weapons against the terrorists. What makes these biometric cameras so extraordinary is that these cameras have a 360-spherical lens, called a fisheye, to follow... Among the features measured are the face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, and voice. ... Its ActiveFusion surveillance technology blends 3-D face, 2-D face, and fingerprint biometrics to claim submillimeter accuracy.