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disfluency

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Noun1.disfluency - lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
unskillfulness - a lack of cognitive skill
fluency - skillfulness in speaking or writing

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The absence of disfluency from the individual who stutters on the first meeting was likely due to the couple meeting alone, the person who stutters hiding his disability, or because the individual was in a fluent period due to speech fluency therapy (Boberg and Boberg, 1990).
Say Anything is well suited to complex applications, such as technical support, and will better handle challenges posed by free-style speech such as fragments and disfluency.
As part of its accuracy enhancements, L&H Voice Xpress version 5 includes Nothing But Speech (NBS)(TM) Technology, a new disfluency filter that eliminates "ahh" and "umm", sounds users often make while speaking that can increase errors in dictation.
 
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