Voice recognition
From WLCS
Technical definition: the computing task of validating a user's claimed identity using characteristics extracted from their voices.
Layman's Definition: the ability to be able to tell a computer or a piece of software to do something and then it will just do it
Purpose: makes things hand free
Example Uses: cell phone commands, smart houses, etc.
Articles Used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition
