Speech recognition, sometimes referred to as "automatic speech recognition (ASR)" or "voice recognition," isn't a new technology — researchers at Bell Labs pursued ASR with funding from the defense ...

Dysarthria, a motor speech disorder resulting from impaired neuromuscular control of the articulatory system, poses significant challenges for both communication and clinical assessment. Recent ...

Canary Speech, maker of AI-enabled speech analysis software, announced it scored $13 million in Series A funding. Cortes Capital (Love's Private Equity) led the round, with participation from SMK ...

With more than 800,000 patient visits a year, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) needed to efficiently document all the information those visits generate without busting the budget or ...

Compared to most industries, healthcare has lagged behind in the adoption of information technology. One area in healthcare that consumes a great deal of time is documentation. Many physicians have ...

New algorithm makes speech recognition possible anywhere, and when security is paramount, because it works without internet connection. Photo by Quentin fede, CC BY-SA 4.0 More than one in four people ...

Vlingo, a speech recognition software vendor founded by industry veterans, has released a beta version of its new software for mobile phones. [ Video: Mobiles get speech-to-text app ] Vlingo calls its ...

Q: I’d like to use voice recognition software for dictation but don’t want to spend money unless I know it’s going to work. What would you suggest? Since its humble beginnings in the 1950s, voice ...

Physicians often complain that when using electronic health records (EHRs), they're so busy typing that it's difficult to make good eye contact with patients. New voice recognition software holds ...

Watch what you say about your computer: It’s getting better at understanding your voice. Nuance Communications Inc. says the latest version of its speech-recognition software can achieve — with some ...