Speech recognition. For the human linguistic concept, see Speech perception. Speech recognition (SR) is the inter-disciplinary sub-field of computational linguistics that develops methodologies and technologies that enables the recognition and translation of spoken language into text by computers.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Deflection(noun) the act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation. 2  Deflection(noun) the deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
syn: defer, delay, postpone imply keeping something from occurring until a future time. To defer is to decide to do something at a more convenient time in the future; it often suggests avoidance: to defer making a payment.delay is sometimes equivalent to defer, but it usu. suggests a hindrance or dilatory tactic: Completion of the work was deferred by bad weather.ynonyms: defer 1, postpone, shelve, suspend. These verbs mean to put off until a later time: deferred paying the bills; postponing our trip; shelved the issue; suspending train service.