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    Azure AI Speech

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Azure AI Speech service provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech and speech translation. It provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.

    $1

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    Dragon Speech Recognition

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ADragon is a suite of AI-powered speech recognition solutions designed for professional dictation, document creation, and workflow automation. The platform utilizes Deep Learning technology to convert spoken language into text with high precision, allowing users to control their workstations and author complex documents through natural language.

    $14.99

    per month

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    Azure AI SpeechDragon Speech Recognition
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    Azure AI SpeechDragon Speech Recognition
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    Azure AI SpeechDragon Speech Recognition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    This service is well suited for scenarios where you need to integrate text-to-speech and/or speech-to-text into applications. Within our organisation, it is primarily used by students for development purposes to enable said functionality but is also used to provide accessibility to students who have hearing-related issues. Its multi-language support is also beneficial for our international students who have English as a second language and are therefore able to rapidly translate any text or speech that they do not understand.
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    Microsoft
    My job requires that I produce lengthy and detailed minutes of meetings and Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is absolutely ideally suited for this purpose. Notably, meetings are recorded and it is extremely easy to playback the recording of meetings while dictating notes. This is a remarkable saving in time and effort in producing minutes that might otherwise take a few days. I cannot think of any scenario where it would be less appropriate to use Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition other than in a situation where it is not possible to dictate for whatever reason.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • APIs offered are very robust.
    • Languages supported is far greater than most of its competitors.
    • Integration with our custom apps was easy.
    • Speech models that we created using neural voices were quite impressive.
    • Translation services worked really well.
    • Built in machine learning opens it to a lot more business use cases for the future.
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    • The main advantage is that it calibrates itself around your tone and accent.
    • Integration with many apps and operative system is good.
    • Integrating custom words and acronyms is very easy, so, over time, recognition becomes very precise and customized.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • More support for India regional languages and the ability to interpret Indian dialect.
    • More detailed documentation with more coded examples to be available.
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    Microsoft
    • Word recognition can always improve.
    • Sometimes puts stray words or characters on the page if you forget to tell the microphone to go to sleep.
    • Adds non-spoken words for no reason if there is a delay in speaking.
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    Microsoft
    • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is not up to par with any of the other AI voice recognition technologies currently available
    • The software is also very buggy and crashes frequently
    • Punctuation also seems like an afterthought for Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition software--requiring the user to speak out each comma, period, etc.
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    Microsoft
    Overall, its gives the functionality that I need in my role and can support with automating tasks. I mainly use it for autotext, to add blocks of text and it works universally across all applications. It saves time and works well in Windows 11. It works very well navigating the web.
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    Microsoft
    One of the worst companies in terms of customer service getting the download file because of a laptop upgrade took me months of work. No jokes.
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    Microsoft
    Azure Cognitive Speech Services is simple and the interface is not complicated even for those getting started with these customer services tools and the best voice recognition. Setting the platform dashboard preferences is also an easy process and with the ability to manage workflow and document management the system functions are stable and effective.
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    Microsoft
    Other than the more recent speech recognition tools from Microsoft, Google, etc., I have always used Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition. I was introduced to AI technology on an appraisal assignment. During the engagement, I had an opportunity to learn about the technology, and when I researched speech recognition software, the best reviews were of Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition. I purchased Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition and have stayed with the product.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It helps us catch requirements and make notes so that we don't forget when drawing out proposals.
    • Also helps us with targeted pitches and helps save time.
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    Microsoft
    • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has made it easier to dictate progress notes
    • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has made seeing patients more efficient
    • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition was a little expensive for our smaller practice
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