Where We ve BeenWhere We re Going

Where We've Been ”Where We're Going

The power of speech-recognition technology enables designers to help people in new ways. And similarly to how the underlying principles of design don't change, the same is true about the underlying mechanics of how a speech recognizer functions.

Throughout this book we will make references to the recognizer, the technology that enables a system to recognize spoken words. Although system designers needn't become experts on technology to do their jobs well, it's important that they know enough about the workings of the recognizer to understand what it can and cannot do.