MICROSOFT DEVELOPED FIRST HUMAN- LIKE SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM.

MICROSOFT HAVE DEVELOPED THE FIRST TCHNOLOGY THAT RECOGNISES THE WORDS IN A CONVERSATION AS WELL AS HUMANS DO. A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AND ENGINEERS IN MICROSOFT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND RESERCH CREATED A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM THAT MAKES THE SAME OR FEWER ERRORS THAN PROFFESIONAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS. THE RESERCH MILESTONE COMES AFTER DECADES OF RESERCH IN SPEECH RECOGNITION, BEGINNING IN THE ERLY 1970s WITH DEFENCE ADVANCED RESERCH PROJECTS AGENCY [DARPA], THE US AGENCY TASKED WITH MAKING TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS. THAT INCLUDES CONSUMER ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES LIKE THE XBOX. ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS SUCH AS INSTANT SPEECH- TO-TEXT TRANSCRIPTION AND PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS SUCH AS CORTANA.