Carpe Diem–Learn a New Language for free and use speech technology
From age 10, I was taught Spanish. However, my knowledge of Spanish today basically allows me to identify myself, wish people happy Christmases and Birthdays, and ask someone’s name or the time. Although, I can also say “I’m sorry,” which is very helpful when you’re constantly massacring someone else’s language.
In Defense of Speech-to-Text
Speech technologies took another hit recently when an article in PCWorld, titled “Google Voice Failures: Lost in Transcription,” pointed to several pretty bad inaccuracies in Google’s voicemail-to-text translation service that is being offered as part of Google Voice. In a FierceVoIP blog about this particular subject, writer Mike Dolan suggests that “probably the major reason [...]
