| VoiceCommandMode | | Voice activated technology that enables users to access any function or command visible in a dialog box, menu bar, toolbar,or task pane |
| Dictationmode | | Ends the current line of text and moves the the insertion point to the next line |
| VoiceXpress | | Continous voice dictation software created by IBM |
| ASR | | Way of speaking that is characteristic of a geographic region |
| Accent | | Speech recognition product crated by Lernout |
| CSR | | Set of mathematical formulas that analyzes human voice patterns and evaluates the probability of spoken words matching words in the speech recognition vocabulary |
| Carpaltunnelsyndrome | | Speech recognition system that enables users to speak normally, pausing only to give commands and insert punctuation |
| NewLineCommand | | PAinful, inflammatory condition that affects the carpal or wrist portion of the median nerve. Often associated with repetitive actions such as typing. Can be caused by physical trauma or hereditary conditions that inflame tendons around the nerve, disrupting hand function and resulting in numbness and pain |
| Profile | | Speech recognition or voice control center providing easy access to speech and handwriting recognition tools in Microsoft Office |
| Lernout | | Voice command that erases the last word or phrase dictated |
| Dragon | | Acronym for the Universal Serial Bus and interface connection to a personal computer. USB speech recognition headsets and microphones bypass the sound card and input speech more directly and with less distortion into a computer processor |
| Train | | Company, also known as Dragon systems, that released the first continuous speech recognoition(CSR)product in 1997 with over 30,000 words in its speech dictionary. The product was called NaturallySpeaking |
| SpeechVocabulary | | Contains words recognized by CSR software. Speech dictionaries containing over 300,000 words are now common |
| ViaVoice | | Condition, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, that causes painful, inflammation that affects parts of the body involved in constantly repeated actions such as typing |
| NatuallySpeaking | | List of words a speech recognition program recognizes. Only words in the vocabulary can be displayed |
| Pronunciation | | Ends a paragraph and moves the insertion point to the next line. Generally, there is more white space between paragraphs than between lines within a paragraph |
| Phrase | | Enables users to dictate text into a computer application |
| RSI | | Unique vocabulary includes technical terms, slang, and phrase not used by the general public. Also called shop talk |
| AcousticModel | | Commands that make speaking to a speech recognition system almost as natural as talking to person |
| SpeechDictionary | | First accurate, continous speech recognition product with over 30,000 words in its speech dictionary |
| SayWhatYouSee | | Sound of words when they are spoken |
| Jargon | | Group of word that express an idea |
| ScratchThat | | Process in which a user reads a sample script aloud enabling the speech recognition system to record and individuals unique speech patterns increasing the accuracy of the conversation from spoken words to text |
| USB | | Enables Users to give verbal commands to control menus and format documents in any Microsoft Office application |
| NLT | | Speech recognition software, sometimes called a speech engine, which listens to human speech and converts the spoken words to text |
| LanguageBar | | Special file that collects data about a user's speech patterns. A user profile enables the speech recognition system to store speech patterns and vocabulary for individual speakers |
| NewParagraphCommand | | Early leader in the development of speech recognition and translation software. Pioneered many speech recognition technologies and translation tools with Microsoft. Pioneered Natural Language Technology (NLT) commands in its Voice Xpress software |
