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Speech Recognition

Speech recognition solutions enable machines to understand and act on human speech inputs, and are the basis for many of the technologies we use today. See below for the latest speech recognition news, trends, and solutions.

Features

Voice Is Poised to Take a Quantum Leap

Exploring quantum computing's expected impact on the speech technology market.

Eliminate Ambient Noise to Make Speech Recognition More Accurate

Technology is improving speech's ability to hear what is necessary.

The Top Speech Technologies and Vendors: The 2024 Speech Industry Awards

Artificial intelligence is now integral to speech technology, a fact reflected by our winning vendors.

2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: aiOla Speaks Your Business’ Unique Language

Speech technologies have typically had a hard time understanding jargon, abbreviations, and acronyms, but Israeli startup aiOla is changing all that.

Industry Voices

Why Speech Researchers Need Better Benchmarks

Long-form speech recognition is here and growing. With updated datasets, we can accurately train and test ASR models for real-world use cases.

Preventing Deepfake Phishing from Leaving Customers on the Hook

Customer service personnel need to be trained to detect and react to deepfake phishing attempts. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

What Does Scaling Mean for the Speech-to-Text Industry?

Speech-to-text services have gained accuracy, but scaling will require additional compute power.

The Importance of Voice Control on Aging in Place

The development of voice control language processing and available applications will impact seniors' ability to safely age in place.

Columns

Speech’s Next Big Thing Is Moving Fast

Quantum computing is making a resurgence, and speech tools could be beneficiaries.

Standards for Openness in AI Models: The Model Openness Framework

Here's how to ensure these tools can be used in mission-critical applications

How AI Is Transforming Self-Service

Customers show a preference for helping themselves when self-service apps are up to it.

Speech Industry Award Winners Fuel a Market on the Rise

Their efforts in the past year have left an indelible mark on the entire speech industry, brought the technology to new heights and new markets, and generated a lot of buzz along the way.

Speech Recognition Companies and Suppliers