I think it shows however that no app can entirely render the human brain redundant and as such voice recognitioncan only function effectively as an aid which still needs proofreading, checking and if necessary, editing.
How does it cope with Latin or indeed modern foreign languages?
(I see now I should have added “course/coarse” to my list of homophones. )
Were I marking a dissertation or thesis, or presented with a legal report I would inevitably be influenced by poor spelling and grammar by the author of any such work.
Just as a calculator is a huge boon in the area of arithmetic, the answers it produces must make sense and it may take a person with a reasonable grounding in maths to spot a massive discrepancy caused, for instance, by a misplaced decimal point.
The media are already after Andy!





