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News Google introduces audio indexing

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 17 Sep 2008.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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  2. Arkanrais

    Arkanrais What's a Dremel?

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    I wonder how this app will get past accents and they way people speak in general. I tried a voice to text program and I had to talk pretty much like a news reporter with excellent pronunciation or I would get completely ass backwards words coming up. the program had me going from hilarity to a 'hulk smash' mood after not too long, and it cost several hundred $$$ for the full version.
    all I can say is I feel sorry for the google techs that have to get this thing working worldwide with all the slurring, drunken crazy people who rant about their goats on youtube.
     
  3. RTT

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    Most google announcements these days make me feel like this: [​IMG]
     
  4. badders

    badders Neuken in de Keuken

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    Like someone's dropped an ice cream on you from a great height?
     
  5. dyzophoria

    dyzophoria Minimodder

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    I wonder if it get past beta :D
     
  6. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    We definitely need a tinfoil hat smiley in blue.
     
  7. johnmustrule

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    Actually google probably uses a really advanced algorithm for their speech recognition. They've got more computing power than they probably need so I expect that they're not using consumer grade software. As far as accents go, it'll probably be like most speech recognition programs and be based off the American dialect/accent, at least for English that is.
     
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