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title: "Transforming Justice: The Role of Speech Recognition in the Digital Future"
description: This live talk explores how technology, especially speech recognition, fits into the digital future of justice- for courts, police, prisons & the wider CJS
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# [Transforming Justice: The Role of Speech Recognition in the Digital Future](https://blog.govnet.co.uk/justice/giving-our-justice-a-voice)

 Written by [Jessica Kimbell, GovNet](https://blog.govnet.co.uk/justice/author/jessica-kimbell) | Jul 15, 2021 7:45:00 AM

In this recent panel  discussion, hosted by Nuance as part of the Modernising Criminal Justice [virtual summit](https://modernising-justice.co.uk/agenda/), our speakers discuss how technology -  especially speech recognition - fits into the digital future justice by bringing courts into the 21st century, helping digital policing, democratising technology access in prisons and transforming foundational processes all by voice.

Watch it in full, here:

##### Our presenters cover five broad sections:

- The justice system’s digital future  
- Bringing courts into the 21st century  
- The new school of digital policing  
- Democratising technology access in prisons  
- Transforming foundational processes

  

##### Speakers: 

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Liz Halifax-Smith** Sales Manager UK & Ireland **Nuance Communications** | **Dr Nasser Siabi OBE** CEO **Microlink** | Adrian Crossley Head of Crime and Addiction **Centre for Social Justice** |

 

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