A.I. & Speech Recognition
How to Test Speech Recognition Engine (ASR) Accuracy and Word Error Rates
Before you invest a ton of money into adopting an ASR service, it’s important to make sure you’re selecting the best option for you. You’ll want to pick the product which offers the highest accuracy…
Read MoreSpeech Recognition Challenges and How to Solve Them
Cutting edge tech is always a challenge. That’s one of the reasons we love it. The breakthrough discovery, the moment when we figure out how to solve the riddle, is what every technologist lives for.…
Read MoreThe 3 Best Automatic Speech Recognition Engines & APIs
Each of these use artificial intelligence and machine learning to convert speech to text starting from a raw audio source. However, there are some key differences in these offerings that might lead you to choose…
Read MoreMicrosoft Azure Speech Recognition vs. Rev AI Speech to Text API
Whether you have a great idea for the next Internet of Things (IoT) device, you want to add live-captioning to your media streaming service, or you’re creating a hands-free voice user interface for a mobile…
Read MoreIntroduction to Speech Recognition Algorithms: Learn How It Has Evolved
Consider all the ways to cook an egg. Using mostly the same ingredients, we can prepare them sunny side up or over easy. We can make a diner-style omelet, a fancy French omelet, or even…
Read MoreWhat Are Machine Generated Closed Captions?
Closed captions often get overlooked, but there are many benefits to including them in your video content. Firstly, closed captions enables your content to be enjoyed by people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Secondly,…
Read MoreAI Transcription Service: Benefits of AI Speech-to-Text
What is an AI Transcription Service? Speech-to-text transcription is an ancient art. But today, its latest iteration feels like science-fiction. AI Transcription is the use of artificial intelligence to convert speech into a text document, or transcript.…
Read MoreWhat is a Lexicon in Speech Recognition?
A key part of any automatic speech recognition system is the lexicon. The lexicon can be tricky to define because it’s sometimes used to mean different things depending on the context. In its most basic…
Read MoreCelebrating Diversity: Rev.ai is Now Available in 26 More World Languages
Rev is well-known as the best you can get for transcripts, captions, and subtitles. But did you know that we also offer Rev.ai, a direct API to help you extract text data from huge volumes…
Read MoreAI and Speech Recognition Trends: Media and Entertainment
There are few things we appreciate more than a good listener. Feeling heard and understood is a linchpin to every relationship, and it’s precisely this that leads to many of the most valuable things in…
Read MoreRev’s AI Experts Talk ASR and NLP on Stack Overflow Podcast
Three members of the Rev Speech Team recently appeared on the Stack Overflow Podcast to discuss natural language processing and the cutting-edge developments in speech-to-text systems, including Rev.ai, our own world-class speech recognition engine. In…
Read MoreWhat Role Does an Acoustic Model Play in Speech Recognition?
Automatic speech recognition systems are complex pieces of technical machinery that take audio clips of human speech and translate them into written text. This is usually for purposes such as closed captioning a video or…
Read MoreWhat is Natural Language Processing Technology?
Have you ever asked Siri or Alexa for a traffic update before your morning commute and marveled both at the accuracy of the answer and how articulately it was delivered? Thanks to the power of…
Read MoreThe Importance of Proper Punctuation in Accuracy of Speech Recognition Technology
Before you read any further, take a look at the last chapter of Ulysses by James Joyce. If you didn’t know already, now you really see the difference that punctuation—or a complete lack of it—can…
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