Voice recognition technology is used fairly frequently for entering commands or responding to automated questions data over the telephone.

Also, some technology experts predict that voice recognition will one day replace keyboards for data entry; currently there are very few applications that use voice recognition technology for data entry.

Research recent developments in voice recognition technology and respond to the questions below:

a. What articles did you find? What are their viewpoints regarding voice recognition technology?

b. What is the current state of the art of voice recognition technology?

c. Do you think that voice recognition technology has finally matured to the point where it can soon be a viable option for keyboard data entry?

Or does it still need some further maturing?

Or does it represent a technological dead end? Explain.

d. If you have access to applications that include voice recognition software for data or text entry

(or can download a free trial copy without violating any licensing or usage restrictions), try using them. How would you evaluate them?