Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are hoping to do for speech recognition what graphics cards did for gaming -- that is, make it better. The idea being to use specialized computer chips in order to overcome the problems inherent with software-based solutions, which'll also lower the power consumption required and allow for better speech recognition in things like cellphones. And according to the researchers, it's working, although currently limited to a not-very-practical 1,000 word vocabulary. The technology isn't just for dictating your email though; one of the many possible noted examples of applications is making search available on a specific piece of dialog from a movie. Wonder if they've been having any secret back room meetings with a certain rumor-happy video game company?Better speech recognition through chipsets
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are hoping to do for speech recognition what graphics cards did for gaming -- that is, make it better. The idea being to use specialized computer chips in order to overcome the problems inherent with software-based solutions, which'll also lower the power consumption required and allow for better speech recognition in things like cellphones. And according to the researchers, it's working, although currently limited to a not-very-practical 1,000 word vocabulary. The technology isn't just for dictating your email though; one of the many possible noted examples of applications is making search available on a specific piece of dialog from a movie. Wonder if they've been having any secret back room meetings with a certain rumor-happy video game company?All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
