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IBM Watson Speech to Text

Transform spoken language into written text easily.

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Overview

IBM Watson Speech to Text is a powerful tool that converts audio into text. It uses advanced AI technology to make transcription quick and easy. Businesses and individuals can benefit from this service by turning voice recordings, meetings, and conversations into editable text documents effortlessly.

This technology helps improve productivity by allowing users to capture spoken words accurately and efficiently. Users can transcribe audio in real time or process recorded files. IBM Watson Speech to Text supports multiple languages, making it a great choice for diverse teams.

With its user-friendly interface and robust features, this service is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their documentation processes. Whether for academics, business, or personal use, it's designed to help users manage their audio data better.

Pricing

PlanPriceDescription
Lite$0 (500 minutes per month)-
Plus$0.02 USD (per minute for 1 - 999,999 minutes per month)-
Plus$0.01 USD (per minute for 1,000,000+ minutes per month)-
PremiumContact us (https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/signup?formid=MAIL-watson&disableCookie=Yes)-

Key features

Real-Time Transcription

Converts spoken language into text instantly, enabling live captioning and transcription of meetings or conferences.

Multi-Language Support

Offers transcription services in various languages, catering to a global audience.

Speaker Diarization

Identifies different speakers in an audio file, making it easier to follow conversations in group settings.

Custom Language Models

Users can create custom models to better recognize specific vocabulary related to their industry or field.

Acoustic Model Adaptation

Adapts to different accents or speaking styles, improving accuracy for diverse users.

Noise Cancellation

Effectively filters out background noise to focus on the primary audio source, enhancing transcription quality.

Text Formatting

Automatically adds punctuation and formatting to make transcripts more readable and professional.

Integration Capabilities

Easily integrates with other IBM services and third-party applications for seamless workflow.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • High Accuracy
  • User-Friendly
  • Fast Processing
  • Versatile Uses
  • Excellent Support

Cons

  • Subscription Cost
  • Internet Dependency
  • Limited Offline Functionality
  • Learning Curve
  • Occasional Errors

Rating Distribution

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3.8
Based on 11 reviews
Shardul G.Software DeveloperEnterprise(> 1000 emp.)
November 25, 2018

IBM Watson Speech to Text Review

What do you like best about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

IBM Watson speech to text is very good software for build application that convert human speech to text.IBM watson not only support english language but it support many other languages like Japanese, Spanish,French and many more.Its very easy to use just record speech with microphone and IBM watson recognize speech and use their machine learning algorithm for convert speech into text.We can easily integrate Watson speech to text service into our application using Mobile SDK and Rest apis.

What do you dislike about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

IBM watson Speech to Text service accuracy is not same at all time.It does not focus on only one person but if any speech recognize by speaker it try to convert into text its create disturbance in text file.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Watson Speech to Text:

Must use IBM watson speech to text service for convert speech into text.

What problems is IBM Watson Speech to Text solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Watson Speech to Text service is very useful for us for build speech to text application.We dont need to waste more time on technicality because its provide android and ios mobile sdk and rest apis we can easily use them for build our application and launch in short time.

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Fabiano R.Fabiano R. MacedoEnterprise(> 1000 emp.)
March 20, 2019

Amazing Tool to machine interaction

What do you like best about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

This is one of the better speech to text programs out there, good word recognition. It has nice features like real time mode, custom models, keywords spotting.

What do you dislike about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

It just supports 11 languages, ...

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Souvik C.SAP Functional ConsultantSmall-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
March 21, 2019

Future of Technology is visible now!!

What do you like best about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

The precise interpretation of the sentence and it's context.

What do you dislike about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

We would need to integrate AI and perform complex tasks given via voice.

What problems is IBM Watson Speech to Text solving and h...

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Anonymous ReviewerMid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
March 20, 2019

Works well for Short quotes and sentences

What do you like best about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

It has nice features like real time mode, custom models, keywords spotting.

What do you dislike about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

It just supports 11 languages (atleast when we used it).

Recommendations to others considering IBM Watson Speech t...

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Anonymous ReviewerMid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
March 20, 2019

Wonderful tool with alot of learning opportunities

What do you like best about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

It has a lot of learning things included like mobile push, automation and the UI is good compared to the older version

What do you dislike about IBM Watson Speech to Text?

The screen size is fixed, it would be great if we have resizing option a...

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Company Information

LocationArmonk, NY
Founded1911
Employees307.3k+
Twitter@ibm
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FAQ

Here are some frequently asked questions about IBM Watson Speech to Text.

It's a service that converts spoken language into written text using AI technology.

Yes, it supports several languages for transcription.

The service is highly accurate, thanks to advanced machine learning algorithms.

Yes, a stable internet connection is required for optimal performance.

Absolutely! It provides real-time transcription suitable for live events and meetings.

It identifies and separates different speakers in an audio file for clearer transcripts.

Yes, it has excellent integration capabilities with various applications.

IBM offers strong customer support and extensive documentation for users.