Speech-to-Text APIs
What 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 MoreRev.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 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 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 MoreBuilding a Speech Recognition System vs. Buying or Using an API
If your company operates in a domain that requires frequent speech to text transcriptions, you’re probably wondering whether there’s a long term payoff in building your own automated speech recognition system (ASR) vs. buying on-demand…
Read MoreSpeech Recognition in React with a Speech-to-Text API
This article details how to code a simple web application that works with the Rev.ai speech-to-text API using React. The web application will allow a user to submit an audio/video file to be transcribed by…
Read MoreWhat is a Live Streaming Speech Recognition API?
Standard speech recognition services are perfect when you need to caption occasional videos or audio recordings. But for some needs, access to the underlying technology that powers these services can take your business further. This…
Read MoreWhat is ASR? The Guide to Automatic Speech Recognition Technology
When we look at the history of computer science, we see clear generational lines that are defined by their input method. How does information travel from our brains into the computer? From the early punch…
Read MoreWhat is Speech Recognition Deep Learning?
A common piece of wisdom says that great art is a mirror held up to nature, and we see this truth just as plainly in technological advances as we do in the fine arts. From…
Read MoreGoogle Speech Recognition API vs. Rev AI API
Rev’s network of 50,000 human transcriptionists completes thousands of projects daily. This provided an extensive training set for the Rev AI transcription API. But is that enough to stack up against automatic speech recognition (ASR)…
Read MoreSpeech Recognition in JavaScript with a Speech-to-Text API
This article details a simple web application that works with the Rev.ai speech-to-text API using JavaScript. The web application will allow a user to submit an audio/video file to be transcribed by the Rev.ai API.…
Read MoreHow to Set Up the Rev.com API in Postman
When working with the Rev transcription services, you’ll be interfacing with either the Rev.com or Rev.ai APIs. For more details on the differences and the use cases for these, see our article here. In this…
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