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speech recognition

speech rec·og·ni·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
understanding of speech by computer: a system of computer input and control in which the computer can recognize spoken words and transform them into digitized commands or text. With such a system, a computer can be activated and controlled by voice commands or take dictation as input to a word processor or a desktop publishing system.

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