Voice as a natural user interface

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At home, my mom had two of the best speech recognition systems. They would understand everything she said and sometimes even act based on what she said. They could do simple tasks like switching on the light, changing the channel on the television, as well as complex things like deciphering her handwritten notes to buy specific things from specific shops and even go to alternative shops in case they couldn’t find something. They could understand her tone of voice when she’d say ‘turn it off’ and switch off the gas or reduce the TV volume. These advanced speech recognition systems could do much more by gaining new skills and keep upgrading themselves as the years passed by. One of them learnt how to design buildings while the other learnt history.