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90percent accuracy
AUDREY recognized the digits zero to nine with 90 percent accuracy, but only when its inventor spoke.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“can recognize the digits zero to nine, with 90% accuracy, but only if spoken by its inventor.”
Audrey, Alexa, Hal, and More, Computer History Museum, n.d., Opening of the article, section on the first round.
Open the original- What it measures
- AUDREY recognized ten digits from one speaker. It is far from general speech recognition, which is why the limit matters.
- What it does not show
- A single speaker and a vocabulary of ten digits. The figure is not a measure of any later system.