Speech Recognition Resources, Articles, White Papers

User Tips and Guides

Whether you're new to speech recognition or an experienced speech developer, the following speech recognition tips will provide you with a variety of ways to make your applications better.

General

This section contains information on general speech recognition topics of interest.

Types of Speech Recognition Speech Recognition Solutions How is LumenVox software used? State of the Industry Psychology of Speech Communication

DTMF vs. Speech Voice Talent Definition and Distinction of Voice Recognition Speech Recognition for Call Centers Speech Technology Doesn't Have To Be Complicated

New to Speech Recognition?

This series of articles is intended for those new to speech recognition. It provides an overview of the technology and its applications.

Types of Speech Recognition Uses of Speech Recognition

Natural Language and Directed Dialog Glossary of Speech Recognition Terms

Speech Application Development

Find information on building speech recognition solutions, including how to avoid common pitfalls

Transcription and Speech Training Alternate Pronunciations Effective Speech Application Design Error Handling Prompt Tips

Phonemes List Creating Accurate Transcripts IVR in Multiple Languages Example of Application Call Flow Adding Foreign Words

Speech Application Tuning

The speech industry estimates that 40-50% of total development and deployment time should be spent on the tuning process. Want to learn more?

Practical Guide to Tuning How to Tune Grammars

Common Prompt Tuning Issues

Value of Speech Application Tuning

ROI of Speech Tuning — Using some industry standard numbers as assumptions, we show how a modest investment of time and resources in tuning can translate into more than a hundred thousand dollars of savings in less than a year. The whitepaper provides a complete explanation of how we performed these calculations so you can run them using your own applications.

Technical Articles

Our technical resources for developers are all stored on the LumenVox Developer Network, our developer-focused website. Available resources include whitepapers, technical articles, sample code, and a library of training videos.

Our technical articles are intended to delve deeper into a specific subject. They are also helpful as reference guides during the development of a speech application. If you would like to suggest topics that would be useful as resource material, please contact us.

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