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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Endpoint Detection(also: Voice Activity Detection, VAD)
The process by which a speech-recognition system decides when a user has finished speaking, so the system can stop listening and send the captured audio for recognition. Off-the-shelf voice assistants typically use a silence threshold of 500ms-1s, which cuts off users who pause,…

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