Fact · Dictation
Before continuous recognition, dictation products either had small vocabularies or made users pause between every word, which many found cumbersome.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speech products either had small vocabularies or required the users to speak discretely, with ... pauses ... between ... each ... word, a process many users found cumbersome”
Dragon Slays Robot, Susan Hura, Speech Technology Magazine, 1998, Opening section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Describes discrete-speech dictation such as the earlier DragonDictate.
- What it does not show
- Trade-press account from 1998.