Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has made incredible advances in the past few years, especially for widely spoken languages such as English. Prior to 2020, it was typically assumed that human ...

Children’s speech presents unique challenges for ASR systems. Their smaller, growing vocal tracts lead to greater acoustic variability. On top of that, kids are still learning how to speak, making ...

Listening to people with Parkinson's disease made an automatic speech recognizer 30-percent more accurate, according to a new study. As Mark Hasegawa-Johnson combed through data from his latest ...

Rosy Southwell is a postdoc research scientist at CU Boulder who holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from University College London, UK and an MS in Natural Sciences from University of Cambridge, UK ...

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In K–12 education, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is increasingly being applied to support learning, engagement, and accessibility. However, developing ASR systems for children continues to poses ...

The business world often believes that the numbers speak for themselves. Well, in the age of technological marvels, it’s not just the numbers that are speaking; it’s your customers as well. With ...

Speech recognition has evolved from rudimentary pattern‐matching systems into sophisticated, data‐driven technologies that convert spoken language into written text. Modern automatic speech ...

The Speech Accessibility Project is a research initiative to make voice recognition technology more useful for people with a range of diverse speech patterns and disabilities. The project is housed ...

Learn exactly how automatic speech recognition allows call centers to take advantage of voice data and better serve customers. Learn the languages that your international clients speak all over the ...