Directions : Read the following passage and answer the questions. Voice or…

2023

Directions : Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Voice or speaker recognition refers to a machine or program's ability to interpret dictation or understand and execute spoken commands. This technology has become increasingly prominent with the _____________ of artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri. Offering hands free interactions, voice recognition systems enable users to make requests, set reminders, and perform various tasks simply by speaking.
The process involves automatic speech recognition (ASR) programs that can identify and differentiate voices. Some ASR programs necessitate users to train the system for improved accuracy in converting speech to text. Evaluation of a voice's frequency, accent, and speech flow is integral to voice recognition systems.
While voice recognition and speech recognition are often used interchangeably, they have distinct meanings. Voice recognition identifies the speaker, whereas speech recognition assesses the content of what is said.
In practice, voice recognition software on computers converts analog audio into digital signals through analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion. This digital database of words or syllables is then compared to signals during pattern recognition. The size of the program's effective vocabulary depends on the computer's RAM capacity, with faster processing speeds enhancing search capabilities.
Voice recognition involves analyzing speech through models like the hidden Markov model or recurrent neural networks. The former breaks down spoken words into phonemes, while the latter uses previous outputs to influence current inputs, improving capabilities and accuracy with increased data.
The integration of voice recognition into smartphones and home devices like Google Home and Amazon Echo has made this technology ubiquitous. As more users engage with voice recognition, the wealth of data generated enhances the capabilities and accuracy of these systems, indicating a promising trajectory for the technology's future.

Choose the most suitable word that should fill the given blank.

  1. A.

    advent

  2. B.

    oblivious

  3. C.

    conservation

  4. D.

    adversity

  5. E.

    mundane

Attempted by 1 students.

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: A

Concept:

A sentence-completion (cloze) item is solved by collocation and grammar, not by meaning alone. The blank sits in the frame “with the ____ of artificial intelligence”, so the word must be a noun that fits the fixed pattern “the ____ of [something]” and must carry a sense of a new thing appearing or coming into existence, because the sentence says the technology “has become increasingly prominent” alongside AI and assistants like Alexa and Siri.

Application:

  1. Test the part of speech first. The slot needs a noun after “the” and before “of”. This already removes any adjective.

  2. Test the meaning. The context is the rise of AI making voice recognition prominent, so the noun must mean “arrival” or “coming into use”.

  3. “advent” means the arrival or first appearance of something important. “the advent of artificial intelligence” reads naturally as “the arrival of AI”, matching the rising-prominence idea exactly.

Contrast with the other choices:

  • “oblivious” is an adjective meaning unaware; it cannot follow “the” as a noun and has no link to AI emerging.

  • “conservation” is a noun but means protecting or preserving something; “the preservation of AI” does not match a technology newly rising to prominence.

  • “adversity” means hardship or misfortune, a negative idea that contradicts the upbeat, growth context of the passage.

  • “mundane” is an adjective meaning dull or ordinary; it is the wrong part of speech and the wrong sense.

So the only word that is both the right part of speech and the right meaning is “advent”.

Explore the full course: Niacl Ao It Specialist