How Automatic Speech Recognition Can Help Educators

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) can help educators improve classroom accessibility for students with diverse backgrounds and needs. Current solutions such as posted slides, lecture recordings, and in-class notetakers have limitations. ASR technology offers a new solution by providing live, automatically generated transcripts during lectures. This method benefits students who struggle to hear the speaker, keep track of spoken content, or are non-native speakers. The live transcripts can be used on the fly and reviewed later for better understanding and organization of lecture material.