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A typographical error (a.k.a. typo) is a mistake made in the typing process (typing "hlelo" instead of "hello").

Is there any word to designate a mistake made when writing a text through a speech recognition program?

The error may result from the imperfectness of the speech recognition engine, from the imperfectness of the speaker's pronunciation, or from a mixture of both.

I am aware of the question “Typo” for speech? but it focuses on the imperfectness of the speaker's pronunciation, and doesn't consider speech recognition.

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    I’ve just seen speech recognition error. No abbreviation.
    – Jim
    Commented Dec 20, 2016 at 3:53
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    Yeah, you also get "OCR errors", and that's the only term I've seen used for them.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Dec 20, 2016 at 4:08
  • @HotLicks thanks, I guess in the case of speech recognition, we'd say ASR error then (ASR = automatic speech recognition). Commented Dec 20, 2016 at 13:40
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    Or "glitch" maybe?
    – Nemo
    Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 12:15
  • "Transcription error," or the word was "mistranscribed," maybe? Commented Jan 4 at 7:07

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Not quite what you're looking for, as I understand you want a word that implies that the speech recognition engine made a mistake, but the slang word speako might get the message across.

From Wikitionary:

Noun

speako ‎(plural speakos)

A mistake made when speaking, for example saying the wrong word accidentally.

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I propose "dicto" for "dictographical error." Dictographical isn't a word, but dictograph definitely is.

"Dicto" can be retroactively applied to errors in dictation processes, even if a human was involved in transcribing the dictation.

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