The Technological Advances of Voice Recognition Software

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Voice recognition software is being constantly updated by advances in technology. Voice recognition technology was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, the same person who invented the telephone. (Price, T.) The modern inventor of voice recognition technology is Ray Kurzweil. He invented the OCR machine, also known as the optical character recognition machine for the blind. He invented it for a blind man that was sitting on a plane next to him who said he wanted to be able to read different types of text. (Bellis,M.) There are lots of devices that have voice recognition software. For example, Siri is a device which is built into the iPhone and with just a click of a button you can tell Siri to do something and it will. Other devices such as Dragon Dictation or Windows voice recognition will type what you say into the program. You can control your computer hands free. This piece of technology addressed making time more efficient. (Nusca,A.) There are always companies that will compete against each other to get the best product. Companies such as Apple and Microsoft often will go against each other just to get more consumers buying their product. Rivalry is good in some ways but bad in others. For example, if companies spend all of their time trying to make this one product that already exists there won’t be any new technology. Rivalry is good because it gives customers options in what kind of technology they are looking for. New technology is important because everyone has different technological needs. Some of those needs companies may not be able to accommodate yet. That is why it is important not to have too much rivalry. (Soundbytes.) There are many setbacks companies like Apple face. One setback is problems with the software. If consumers are always complaining about the product, people won’t be buying the product as much. Also if the software is outdated,

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