Speech recognition in education: The powers and perils

Speech recognition in education: The powers and perils

There is a lot of potential in emergent technologies like voice tech, virtual assistants and artificial intelligence in the classroom to unearth new insights about a child’s language and reading development — and translate it into outcomes.

Weighing up the huge potential of voice recognition technology to gain insights into children’s language and reading development, against a difference of 16% in misidentified words between white and black voices.