Although research directed at aiding voice recognition seems innocuous enough, one can't help imagining the technology evolving toward more intrusive applications such as monitoring conversation in crowded public places where the use of microphones is impractical or impossible.
"One can imagine calling a voice-mail server that has access to your entire e-mail box," with speech-recognition software aiding voice access to e-mail, said Vinton G. Cerf, a founder of the Internet who is now a senior vice president at WorldCom.
Thorington continued his work, aided by voice-recognition software and research assistants who acted as his hands.
"I teach a lot in a classroom as a coach, but when I would wear a hearing aid my voice pattern wasn't very good," he said.
While the app itself appears to offer a better design – even if it's still quite purple – the platform as a whole doesn't offer a smart assistant like Apple's Siri, for example, to aid with voice searches.
Representative Sonny Callahan of Alabama, who heads the House Appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations, which oversees foreign aid, voiced skeptism over the thrust and timing of Mr. Clinton's request.
The product's features provide the messages to build brand voice, aided by research and development teams, outside experts, and consumers who've tested and love the product.
On the iPhone 5, texting can be aided by the voice assistant, which converts speech to text.
On the iPhone 4S, texting can be aided by the voice assistant, which allows speech-to-text.
The single-camera comedy from Ali Adler and Ryan Murphy had been a modest performer for the troubled Peacock network: It debuted with an impressive 2.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demo with 6.88 million viewers -- aided by "The Voice" as a lead-in, along with timeslot companion "Go On" -- but had slid to 1.4 and 3.39 million viewers by its season finale.
These voices were aided, perhaps, by a point that hadn't occurred to me – the possibility of immediate topicality.
