recognition mode
Each speech-recognition engine supports one or more recognition modes that conform to a different code set or data set. For example, each language (or dialect) supported by the engine will have a different mode.
recognition path
A sequence of words or phonemes that an engine analyzed while attempting to recognize an utterance.
recognition rule
A rule followed by a speech-recognition engine using a context-free grammar to recognize speech.
recognition/alternative graph
A graph generated by a speech-recognition engine that depicts the recognition paths explored by the engine in recognizing an utterance.
recursion
The number of levels of rules in a context-free grammar.
registry
The database in which configuration information is stored. The database takes the place of most configuration and initialization files for Windows and new Windows-based programs.
results object
See speech-recognition results object.
rules
See pronunciation rule, and recognition rule.