Can Voice Recognition Automate Transcription Service?
The companies that have built voice recognition software claim “Yes”, but professional users are saying “No”, they maintain that voice recognition is fine if it is limited to documenting a couple of minutes of audio. When large file size audio recordings have to be converted into text, the software falters and fails to deliver. The voice recognition has a long way to go, for it to be used to automate transcription service, according to professional users of the software. Many television companies which started using voice recognition for transcribing digital voice recordings of the program are disappointed, because of the low accuracy levels and the time it takes to transcribe the audio. These companies use the transcripts for adding captions to television programs, and for the captions to sync with the audio, the accuracy of the transcripts required is 100%. This system disappointingly fails on this account. The recorded data used by researchers from interviews and focus groups also h
