Advantages:

• Fast compared to typing.

• No bulky equipment (keyboard).

• Hands not required (vehicle driver).

• Voice reply is easy to implement.

Problems:

• Ambiguity: ``five'' vs. ``nine''.

• Pauses between words may be required.

• Noisy environments.

Hidden Markov models (HMM) are often used for speech understanding.

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