voice recognition

noun

Speech recognition

“Patients with severe prosopagnosia rely on voice recognition to identify people.”

Meanings

nounvoice recognition (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingSpeech recognition

    The app also employs voice recognition, letting users simply announce what they're searching for.

    2011 January 27, Katie Rooney, “50 Best iPhone Apps 2011”, in Time

    Synonyms: speech recognition

  2. uncountableThe identification of a speaker based on the sound of their voice.

    Patients with severe prosopagnosia rely on voice recognition to identify people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSpeech recognition

Translations

Dutch stemherkenning
  • stemherkenningspeaker recognition
Esperanto voĉrekonado
  • voĉrekonadospeaker recognition
Polish rozpoznawanie mówcy
  • rozpoznawanie mówcyspeaker recognition
Swedish röstigenkänning
  • röstigenkänningspeaker recognition
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APA

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MLA

“voice recognition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voice%20recognition. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voice recognition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voice%20recognition.

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