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speech recognition

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تعرف على الكلام (taʕarruf ʕalā-l-kalām) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Belarusian: распазнава́нне маўле́ння (raspaznavánnje mawljénnja) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Cherokee: ᎥᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᎪᏟᏍᏙᏗ (vgawonisgv gotlisdodi) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語音識別 /语音识别 (yǔyīn shìbié) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Danish: talegenkendelse — software function that processes spoken input
  • Dutch: spraakherkenning — software function that processes spoken input
  • Finnish: puheentunnistus — software function that processes spoken input
  • French: reconnaissance automatique de la parole — software function that processes spoken input
  • Georgian: მეტყველების ამოცნობა (meṭq̇velebis amocnoba) — software function that processes spoken input
  • German: Spracherkennung — software function that processes spoken input
  • Greek: φωνητική αναγνώριση (fonitikí anagnórisi) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Hebrew: זיהוי קול (zihúy kol) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Hebrew: זיהוי דיבור (zihúy dibur) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Hungarian: beszédfelismerés — software function that processes spoken input
  • Italian: riconoscimento vocale — software function that processes spoken input
  • Malay: pengecaman pertuturan — software function that processes spoken input
  • Norwegian: talegjenkjenning — software function that processes spoken input
  • Persian: بازشناسی گفتار (bâzšenâsi-ye goftâr) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Persian: تشخیص گفتار (tašxis-e goftâr) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Polish: rozpoznawanie mowy — software function that processes spoken input
  • Portuguese: reconhecimento de voz — software function that processes spoken input
  • Portuguese: reconhecimento de fala — software function that processes spoken input
  • Romanian: recunoaștere vocală — software function that processes spoken input
  • Russian: распознавание речи (raspoznavanije reči) — software function that processes spoken input
  • Swedish: röstigenkänning — software function that processes spoken input
  • Swedish: taligenkänning — software function that processes spoken input
  • Turkish: ses tanıma — software function that processes spoken input
  • Turkish: konuşma tanıma — software function that processes spoken input
  • Ukrainian: розпізнава́ння мо́влення (rozpiznavánnja móvlennja) — software function that processes spoken input