Speech Communications

Voice recognition technology (VRT) has greatly advanced since the early 90s with improved accuracy and speed. However, despite public interest in the idea of voice technology, practical applications are not that common among average users. Instead, VRT is mostly deployed (with varied success) among disabled users or users with an overwhelming need to use the technology. Thus, my research is focused on why VRT is not widely found in everyday technology and what can be done to improve user acceptance of it.

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