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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.