When you start combining speed of speech with slang and the accents that come with various regional dialects it’s a wonder we can communicate at all. Everyone has a unique pattern and tone that defines how they speak. Voice recognition is tricky even for humans.

A company like Apple could probably develop its own similar technology, but it would be difficult to build an effective voice recognition application without infringing on one or more Nuance patents in the process. In fact, Nuance technology provides the backend for Siri, Samsung’s S Voice and other voice recognition tools. Nuance has led the way for years when it comes to innovative voice technology. One of the first speech recognition and speech-to-text applications, however, is still the best and still paving the way for all of the rest: Dragon NaturallySpeaking by Nuance. Microsoft will also be bringing the power of Cortana to Windows 10, and possibly spreading it to iOS and Android as well. Virtual assistant tools like Siri, Cortana, and Google Now have made it cool and mainstream to interact with technology using your voice.

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