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The speech recognition tools identify spoken languages, analyze them, and convert them into text. This tool is of great help to the students with physical disabilities or the ones who are not comfortable with the keypad. The Dragon transcription software was one of the first AI applications which transcribed text from voice. This application is significantly used for second language acquisition, especially for improving pronunciation. Furthermore, using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and NLP techniques, software and online systems such as Carnegie Speech and Duolingo have provided foreign language education. These systems not only transcribe speech to text but also identify and correct language errors for users.

Figure 1.1 Chatbot responding to the user contextually.

Figure 1.2 Chatbot responding to the user contextually.

In addition, Google Assistant can be constructively integrated to enhance learners’ proficiency and pronunciation. Students can ask simple questions to the Google assistant like “How’s the weather today in…?”, “How far is Delhi from Agra?”, “When was Taj Mahal built?”, and “What time is it in Malaysia now?”. This is an excellent way to improve and assess students’ communication skills while also ensuring that their pronunciation is intelligible. Some of the well-known speech-recognizing applications are mentioned in the timeline given in the following.