Fact · Dictation
0.25seconds of pause between words
DragonDictate recognized discrete utterances, which the 1990 report defines as words with at least a quarter-second pause between them.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“words with at least a 1/4-second pause in between”
U.S. Company Introduces First Speech 'Typewriter', Deseret News, Deseret News, 1990, Paragraph on how the system recognizes speech.
Open the original- What it measures
- The 1990 system recognized one word at a time. The report says it displayed a list of possibilities when a word was spoken and printed the top word unless told to keep looking.
- What it does not show
- The pause is the 1990 minimum from the report. It describes the product as launched, not every later version of DragonDictate.