Azure AI Speech vs. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text

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.

Incentivized

Google Cloud Speech to Text is extremely useful for capturing insights quickly and efficiently. It is pretty accurate and good at capturing volume ( I am pretty loud, but I've captured insights from co-workers who are quieter with no issues). However, it does not work offline, so it is hard to use when in a remote area or with limited connectivity.

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

• An amazing tool which helps a lot in a meetings.
• It's an efficient tool for improving efficiency by saving a lot of time typing. It saves at least 40-50% of our time, thus increasing efficiency.
• Incredible accuracy with multiple accents & multiple language.
• It takes punctuation into consideration.

Incentivized

• More support for India regional languages and the ability to interpret Indian dialect.
• More detailed documentation with more coded examples to be available.

Incentivized

• The software does occasionally get confused by confusing terminology.
• Its web-based interface can also feel a tad hard to use compared to more appealing desktop apps.
• I've experienced the occasional technical issue, though the provider's support team is quick to troubleshoot.

The reasoning behind my 10 is that the UI is very intuitive; I didn't require any formal training to use it. Google's speech-to-text is not just a conversion tool; it helps automate mundane tasks, saves time, and has an almost human-like understanding.

Incentivized

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.

Google Cloud Speech-to-Text outperformed its competitors significantly in terms of accuracy, surpassing any other product available. Additionally, its support for multiple languages was unrivaled in the market. Moreover, for clients with robust bandwidth, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text offered real-time transcription capabilities, enabling users to transcribe live audio streams with minimal delay.

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

• Doesn't require additional equipment or tools for operational purposes which makes it cost and time effective
• Usage-based billing makes it a preferred choice for use as compared to other SaaS
• Separate administrative setup not required as it is a part of Google Cloud