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speech recognition

speech recognition noun: the function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into electronic commands for a computing system.

Noun

speech recognition (uncountable)

  1. The function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into electronic commands for a computing system.

speech recognition meaning in Arabic, Malay and Persian

speech recognition in Arabic

software function that processes spoken input
تعرف على الكلام taʕarruf ʕalā-l-kalām

speech recognition in Malay

software function that processes spoken input
pengecaman pertuturan

speech recognition in Persian

software function that processes spoken input
بازشناسی گفتار bâzšenâsi-ye goftâr, تشخیص گفتار tašxis-e goftâr

Synonyms of speech recognition

Questions about speech recognition

What does speech recognition mean?
Speech recognition means the function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into electronic commands for a computing system.
What is speech recognition in Arabic?
Speech recognition in Arabic is تعرف على الكلام (taʕarruf ʕalā-l-kalām). See Speech recognition meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is speech recognition?
Speech recognition is a noun.

Words near speech recognition in the dictionary

  1. speech marks
  2. speech path
  3. speech pathologist
  4. speech pathologists
  5. speech paths
  6. speech recognition
  7. speech tag
  8. speech tags
  9. speech therapies
  10. speech therapist
  11. speech therapists

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