[Perspectives - Voice]

Regarding Voice Recognition - shouldn't it actually be Speech Recognition?  Voice recognition is more about   and is used for biometrics, rather than for dictation and spoken control of one's computer.  That's my understanding, at least, but am very curious about your thoughts on this.

*       https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspectives/voice.html


*       http://www.armorvox.com/voice-biometrics-vs-speech-recognition/

*       https://www.google.com/search?num=50&newwindow=1&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=speech+recognition+vs+voice+recognition&oq=speech+recognition+vs+&gs_l=hp.3.1.0l4j0i22i30k1l3.904.5162.0.7325.14.13.0.1.1.0.230.1452.0j9j1.10.0..2..0...1c.1.64.hp..3.10.1313.0..46j0i46k1j0i131k1.BpPwudJd2vU
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