Neuroscientists were able to prove that speech recognition in humans begins in the sensory pathways from the ear to the cerebral cortex and not, as previously assumed, exclusively in the cerebral ...

“Clow-dia,” I say once. Twice. A third time. Defeated, I say the Americanized version of my name: “Claw-dee-ah.” Finally, Siri recognizes it. Having to adapt our way of speaking to interact with ...

Frederick Jelinek, 77, a brilliant and determined engineer who overcame the challenges of a boyhood in Nazi-occupied Europe to come to the United States and teach computers how to recognize the sounds ...