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Article: You talkin' to me? Voice recognition software quickly making a name for itself.(VOICE RECOGNITION)
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- California CPA
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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In the "Star Trek" series, Captain Kirk often would deliver commands to his computer, which would then perform the requested task. Or, he would verbalize a problem and the computer would respond with an answer.
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While voice recognition technology is not at that level of sophistication, it is becoming a useful tool that is finding its way onto accounting professionals' desks.
WHAT IS VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE?
Simply, voice recognition software allows computer users to speak commands into their computers--such as "open file"--via a microphone to complete the task.
Voice recognition systems range from ...