Re: Clarifying speech recognition vs. voice recognition in Style Guide

Yeah, but what about non-accessibility related speech recognition software,
such as what is part of SIRI, Cortana, etc. and any voice enabled UI - who
use both of the systems that were originally AT - voice recognition and
screen reading speech software? How do we differentiate there?

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On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 4:37 PM Andrew Arch <andrew@intopia.digital> wrote:

> Agree completely Shawn, and good for WAI to make the clear distinction.
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> ‘voice recognition’ is being used increasingly for security to identify
> the individual based on their voice ‘print’.
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> *From:* Kim Patch <kim@redstartsystems.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 3 February 2021 5:00 AM
> *To:* Joshue O Connor <joconnor@w3.org>; Bakken, Brent
> <Brent.Bakken@Pearson.com>
> *Cc:* Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>; EOWG (E-mail) <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>; WAI
> Coordination Call <public-wai-cc@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Clarifying speech recognition vs. voice recognition in
> Style Guide
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> Yes, that's the right distinction.
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> I also agree that it's important that we get on the same page about this.
> I've seen them conflated many times – I think we can help by making sure to
> be clear about the distinction.
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> Cheers,
> Kim
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> On 2/2/2021 12:29 PM, Joshue O Connor wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Interesting point and an important distinction.
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> In the wild the two will be conflated IMO, for better or worse. It could
> be one of those things that the sooner the 'experts' get on the same page
> about, the better.
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> I'm curious what Kim thinks?
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> Thanks
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> Bakken, Brent <Brent.Bakken@Pearson.com>
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> Tuesday 2 February 2021 17:07
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> I would agree with this distinction.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> <shawn@w3.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 8:44 AM
> To: EOWG (E-mail) <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org> <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>; WAI
> Coordination Call <public-wai-cc@w3.org> <public-wai-cc@w3.org>
> Cc: Kim Patch <kim@redstartsystems.com> <kim@redstartsystems.com>
> Subject: Clarifying speech recognition vs. voice recognition in Style Guide
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> Hi folks,
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> Here is a draft update to the WAI Style Guide[1]:
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> "speech recognition" is for speech-to-text (SST), and usually what we're
> talking about for accessibility.
> "voice recognition" is different; it's about identifying the speaker, not
> what they're saying.
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> (For background, search the Web for "speech recognition voice recognition
> difference")
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> Please let me know if you disagree or have edit suggestions.
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> Thanks!
> ~Shawn
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> [1] currently at the end of
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.w3.org_WAI_EO_wiki_Style-23other-5Fwords-5Fand-5Fphrases&d=DwICaQ&c=0YLnzTkWOdJlub_y7qAx8Q&r=v-L6X-ScaY5UKb-F-_zcuXdbPw2UYK_gaTG8R5d9h7U&m=lT0RkzKPWViwYA0MZWTXqn8uDXjrBrrbQtLkZhkL4MM&s=B9oYblo0mWxzn9VV3FGaJexvPlU9zTrsI41fDM4ORb8&e=
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> Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
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> Tuesday 2 February 2021 14:43
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> Hi folks,
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> Here is a draft update to the WAI Style Guide[1]:
>
> "speech recognition" is for speech-to-text (SST), and usually what we're
> talking about for accessibility.
> "voice recognition" is different; it's about identifying the speaker, not
> what they're saying.
>
> (For background, search the Web for "speech recognition voice recognition
> difference")
>
> Please let me know if you disagree or have edit suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
> ~Shawn
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> [1] currently at the end of
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/Style#other_words_and_phrases
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