IDG Contributor Network: How voice recognition will affect privacy in the Internet of Things

A key differentiator for devices being created for use as part of the Internet of Things (IoT) is usability. Traditional user interfaces are being eschewed in favor of voice recognition. In fact, in some studies of voice recognition have shown that this approach to be faster and more accurate than traditional user interface methods.The use of voice recognition requires the collection and interpretation of sounds. A device needs to determine when it is being addressed and then send the sounds tha