Voice-Recognition

After reading this article on cnn.com, I was amazed. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/02/01/8398978/index.htm?postversion=2007031512 It is about voice-recognition technology. The newest software called Mobile Dictation was launched by Nuance, which claims that its is near one hundred percent accurate. It will be available on most cell phone carriers sometime this year. It is not clear in the article, but I think it is used for text messages or email messages. The person will speak into the microphone built into the phone and the words will appear on the screen.
Last year, the market for voice-recognition technology topped $1 billion. Every aspect of the market for the technology is continually increasing, too including car dashboards and cell phones. The new Microsoft Vista comes with voice-recognition and Google may use voice recognition to allow people to search by voice instead of typing. There are so many different companies that are using the technology for various things. A company called VoiceBox Technologies has a system that can analyze a word used in a certain context. For example, it can find out what is meant when someone says "traffic," such as road conditions or a term for moving drugs. Other companies save a lot of money by using voice-recognition for customers calling into the store. Instead of people answering phones and taking time to answer people's questions, the people talk to the system and are directed further if needed. This saves a lot of time and money.
These companies even record the calls and use them to improve the system. Another use of the technology can be seen in the war with Iraq. Soldiers are using dictionaries to speak different languages. They speak a certain language into the electronic device and select the translation language and it is produced.
The future for voice-recognition is endless. Some experts say that every appliance and gadget that we use could contain voice-recognition in the near future. Also, it may be possible for the technology to be able to correct mistakes in grammar and word choice.