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Speech-to-Text (STT) is the general term for software which can convert a sound to text. There are 2 main categories in speech recognition, there are:

//Voice recognition//

Voice recognition is when a program that must be tailored to an individuals voice in order to increase accuracy of speech to text, this is often done by built in training where the user is asked to say certain words in order for the program to 'learn' the way the user speaks. The program links a standard arbitrary voice of the word to the users voice to see the differences in pronunciation. This changes the way the software thinks a word or letter is spoken and so it recognises the users voice better than it would any other voice.

//Speech recognition//

Speech recognition is when a program is not tailored for an individual user, this is because it would be used by many different users.



I know it can be hard to believe that STT has other uses than Googling something on your smartphone just because you can be bothered to type, especially because what is typed is not what you said.

Health Care In Health Care there are many electronic medical forms to be filled in. Using STT is faster than keyboards and so it a time saving alternative. it is also a helpful tool during examinations where hands may be busy and so unable to make notes, STT enables multitasking for the doctor and so speeds up the time between appointments because notes do not have to be typed up.

Military The Eurofighter Typhoon is the only British aircraft which uses voice recognition, however its uses are limited in the danger zone of an aircraft, this is simply for safety, if a command were to be recognised wrongly then the effects could be disastrous. The Functionality of voice recognition in aircrafts is still under development because of the loud noises experienced in the cockpit which disturbs the voice recognition.