{"title": "Research published on speech recognition, dictation and text entry, tracked", "pillar": "speech-recognition", "api": {"name": "OpenAlex API (works, group_by publication_year)", "docs": "https://docs.openalex.org/how-to-use-the-api/get-groups-of-entities"}, "cadence": "monthly", "sets": ["research-output"], "method": "Once a month we ask OpenAlex, the open index of scholarly works, how many works per publication year mention each quoted phrase in their title, abstract or full text, and keep every year since 1990. Each fact is the last complete year.", "context": "A count of papers, preprints, books and other scholarly works that use the phrase: a measure of research activity on the topic.", "caveats": "OpenAlex keeps adding works, so recent years grow for a while after they end, and a phrase search counts any use of the words. Compare topics and years, not exact totals.", "run": "openalex", "kind": "tracked", "date": "2026-10-19", "runs": [{"date": "2026-10-19", "started": "2026-10-19T10:22:05Z", "finished": "2026-10-19T10:23:01Z", "requests": 10, "answered": 10, "failed": 0, "observations": 10, "archive": "openalex/2026-10-19.jsonl.gz", "sha256": "e2bc3e8fbcb49bdacea3fddcd5aa3bb390378307a141cd2871b989991d63fb90"}], "series": {"research-output": {"speech-recognition": {"entity": null, "label": "Speech recognition", "dims": {"topic": "Speech recognition", "query": "speech recognition"}, "obs": [["1990", 940], ["1991", 1074], ["1992", 1146], ["1993", 1157], ["1994", 1310], ["1995", 1249], ["1996", 1468], ["1997", 1557], ["1998", 1728], ["1999", 1925], ["2000", 2236], ["2001", 1816], ["2002", 4442], ["2003", 3344], ["2004", 3292], ["2005", 3916], ["2006", 4189], ["2007", 4082], ["2008", 4487], ["2009", 4508], ["2010", 4887], ["2011", 5106], ["2012", 5700], ["2013", 6014], ["2014", 6385], ["2015", 6865], ["2016", 7886], ["2017", 8511], ["2018", 11284], ["2019", 13118], ["2020", 15347], ["2021", 17161], ["2022", 19746], ["2023", 25189], ["2024", 26631], ["2025", 28220]]}, "automatic-speech-recognition": {"entity": null, "label": "Automatic speech recognition", "dims": {"topic": "Automatic speech recognition", "query": "automatic speech recognition"}, "obs": [["1990", 668], ["1991", 708], ["1992", 694], ["1993", 718], ["1994", 817], ["1995", 810], ["1996", 900], ["1997", 900], ["1998", 1002], ["1999", 1113], ["2000", 1310], ["2001", 1057], ["2002", 2452], ["2003", 1889], ["2004", 1775], ["2005", 2132], ["2006", 2272], ["2007", 2147], ["2008", 2373], ["2009", 2316], ["2010", 2489], ["2011", 2456], ["2012", 2742], ["2013", 2679], ["2014", 2900], ["2015", 2997], ["2016", 3311], ["2017", 3363], ["2018", 4074], ["2019", 4482], ["2020", 5132], ["2021", 5886], ["2022", 6555], ["2023", 8134], ["2024", 8804], ["2025", 10003]]}, "speech-to-text": {"entity": null, "label": "Speech to text", "dims": {"topic": "Speech to text", "query": "speech-to-text"}, "obs": [["1990", 37], ["1991", 41], ["1992", 45], ["1993", 40], ["1994", 48], ["1995", 45], ["1996", 52], ["1997", 67], ["1998", 73], ["1999", 93], ["2000", 126], ["2001", 90], ["2002", 166], ["2003", 147], ["2004", 202], ["2005", 207], ["2006", 278], ["2007", 302], ["2008", 283], ["2009", 313], ["2010", 397], ["2011", 405], ["2012", 541], ["2013", 600], ["2014", 721], ["2015", 809], ["2016", 948], ["2017", 1174], ["2018", 1499], ["2019", 2071], ["2020", 2643], ["2021", 3198], ["2022", 3763], ["2023", 5381], ["2024", 7006], ["2025", 9278]]}, "dictation": {"entity": null, "label": "Dictation", "dims": {"topic": "Dictation", "query": "dictation"}, "obs": [["1990", 171], ["1991", 163], ["1992", 200], ["1993", 198], ["1994", 255], ["1995", 213], ["1996", 263], ["1997", 291], ["1998", 323], ["1999", 321], ["2000", 436], ["2001", 327], ["2002", 451], ["2003", 471], ["2004", 477], ["2005", 567], ["2006", 621], ["2007", 697], ["2008", 714], ["2009", 860], ["2010", 999], ["2011", 1096], ["2012", 1267], ["2013", 1356], ["2014", 1610], ["2015", 1687], ["2016", 1906], ["2017", 1929], ["2018", 2130], ["2019", 2458], ["2020", 2520], ["2021", 2595], ["2022", 2690], ["2023", 3179], ["2024", 3210], ["2025", 3139]]}, "voice-typing": {"entity": null, "label": "Voice typing", "dims": {"topic": "Voice typing", "query": "voice typing"}, "obs": [["1990", 11], ["1991", 10], ["1992", 10], ["1993", 13], ["1994", 14], ["1995", 20], ["1996", 19], ["1997", 21], ["1998", 32], ["1999", 20], ["2000", 29], ["2001", 26], ["2002", 42], ["2003", 30], ["2004", 34], ["2005", 65], ["2006", 51], ["2007", 53], ["2008", 63], ["2009", 102], ["2010", 74], ["2011", 102], ["2012", 112], ["2013", 132], ["2014", 131], ["2015", 128], ["2016", 169], ["2017", 192], ["2018", 182], ["2019", 229], ["2020", 233], ["2021", 219], ["2022", 312], ["2023", 392], ["2024", 371], ["2025", 475]]}, "text-entry": {"entity": null, "label": "Text entry", "dims": {"topic": "Text entry", "query": "text entry"}, "obs": [["1990", 37], ["1991", 46], ["1992", 49], ["1993", 59], ["1994", 73], ["1995", 63], ["1996", 64], ["1997", 65], ["1998", 77], ["1999", 91], ["2000", 102], ["2001", 123], ["2002", 135], ["2003", 182], ["2004", 203], ["2005", 236], ["2006", 273], ["2007", 312], ["2008", 301], ["2009", 336], ["2010", 377], ["2011", 402], ["2012", 453], ["2013", 541], ["2014", 548], ["2015", 618], ["2016", 605], ["2017", 645], ["2018", 726], ["2019", 831], ["2020", 871], ["2021", 879], ["2022", 997], ["2023", 1274], ["2024", 1246], ["2025", 1508]]}, "voice-assistant": {"entity": null, "label": "Voice assistants", "dims": {"topic": "Voice assistants", "query": "voice assistant"}, "obs": [["1990", 1], ["1994", 1], ["1995", 1], ["1996", 2], ["1998", 2], ["1999", 4], ["2000", 2], ["2001", 2], ["2002", 5], ["2003", 2], ["2004", 6], ["2005", 7], ["2006", 12], ["2007", 10], ["2008", 10], ["2009", 5], ["2010", 10], ["2011", 26], ["2012", 45], ["2013", 53], ["2014", 53], ["2015", 73], ["2016", 151], ["2017", 239], ["2018", 643], ["2019", 1187], ["2020", 1694], ["2021", 2092], ["2022", 2576], ["2023", 4045], ["2024", 4987], ["2025", 6728]]}, "whisper-speech": {"entity": null, "label": "Whisper", "dims": {"topic": "Whisper", "query": "whisper speech"}, "obs": [["1990", 7], ["1991", 7], ["1992", 5], ["1993", 5], ["1994", 10], ["1995", 6], ["1996", 12], ["1997", 6], ["1998", 8], ["1999", 9], ["2000", 10], ["2001", 9], ["2002", 21], ["2003", 11], ["2004", 14], ["2005", 19], ["2006", 27], ["2007", 18], ["2008", 52], ["2009", 42], ["2010", 54], ["2011", 42], ["2012", 56], ["2013", 62], ["2014", 59], ["2015", 59], ["2016", 79], ["2017", 62], ["2018", 72], ["2019", 82], ["2020", 90], ["2021", 81], ["2022", 116], ["2023", 149], ["2024", 206], ["2025", 293]]}, "speech-recognition-accessibility": {"entity": null, "label": "Speech recognition and accessibility", "dims": {"topic": "Speech recognition and accessibility", "query": "speech recognition 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