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

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Speech-to-Text on Google Cloud is a tool used to convert speech into text using an API powered by Google’s AI technologies. The vendor states users can transcribe content in real time or from stored files; deliver a better user experience in products through voice commands; and, gain insights from customer interactions to improve service.
$0.02
per min
Sembly.AI
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Sembly (formerly Powow) is a SaaS platform from the company of the same name in New York City, that helps to make meetings more effective by using proprietary AI algorithms to transcribe and analyze meetings, transforming them into actionable insights.
$0
per month per user
Pricing
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextSembly.AI
Editions & Modules
Speech-to-Text V2 API
$0.016
per min
Speech-to-Text V1 API
$0.024
per min
Sembly Personal
$0
per month per user
Sembly Professional
$10
per month per user
Sembly Team
$20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextSembly.AI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsSpeech-to-Text V1 API V1 offers data residency for multi region only. Models include short, long, phone call, and video. V1 does not include audit logging. New customers get $300 in free credits and 60 minutes for transcribing and analyzing audio free per month, not charged against your credits. Speech-to-Text V2 API V2 offers data residency for multi and single region. Models include short, long, telephony, video, and Chirp. V2 does include audit logging and support for customer managed encryption keys.Additional per meeting hour costs.
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User Ratings
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextSembly.AI
Likelihood to Recommend
6.2
(44 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextSembly.AI
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Real-time meeting notes for the smaller group audience. Strong language coverage of over 125+ languages. Handles mobile phone recordings and environmental noise effectively. Fast transcription turnaround also supports phrases, which improves industry-specific terminology. Generating QA/compliance audit logs. Also builds the sentences with accurate punctuation and sentence boundaries. It has vast global support centers whose primary focus in resolving customer issues and help multinational engineering in building great products
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Powow AI
Powow is well suited for meetings, multi-meetings, and having everyone in the team involved. It simplifies the process of decision-making and any process within our business that needs multiple people working at the same time. It allows people to focus on the meeting instead of taking notes as Powow uses audio transcription to create summaries about everything said. It also allows getting relevant insights and analytics that are really helpful for the business. In my own case, being a fashion and design store requires hand on meetings and work that can't be done thru the internet. Also, for very important meetings or information, you can't really rely on the transcripts as they are not perfect. Even though Powow is relatively new, it has mainly positive aspects.
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Pros
Google
  • So, first of all it gives the answer or translates in real time which is awesome.
  • It has speaker diarization, which detects who spoke each segment. This is a great feature because it can track the number of people as well.
  • It has an automatic punctuation system that detects each punctuation mark, such as a dot and a comma, and places it in the text.
  • Lastly, it offers a variety of language translations, providing a global platform for interaction with people from different countries.
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Powow AI
  • It facilitates the communication among people within our business.
  • Includes the option to have multi-meetings.
  • Provides a transcript of everything said during the meeting.
  • Provides summaries for easy recap and follow up.
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Cons
Google
  • Integration outside of the google eco system is challenging here.
  • Google Cloud Speech-to-Text works only with active internet connection if the internet bandwidth is low it effect the transcription process and can lead to data inaccuracy.
  • In terms of the pricing also this is at higher range which all the companies cannot afford like small scale organisation if they would like to use the tool they would look over the price to make the decision. Reducing the price can increase the product usage more
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Powow AI
  • As it is a new platform, some functions can be pretty basic.
  • The summarizing notes are not always perfect, this could be improved.
  • Navigation around the platform is not as intuitive as it could be for new users.
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Usability
Google
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.
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Powow AI
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
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.
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Powow AI
Even though all of the mentioned platforms are helpful for meetings and teamwork, Powow is so much better. First, it allows multi-meetings, facilitating the job of the managers and heads of every team to be involved in all the work done. Also, it has audio transcripts that avoid the need for note-taking, making people pay full attention to the meeting. Provides as well insights and analysis related to the business and meeting content that are really helpful for the business. The AI component to extract patterns and sentiments across multiple meetings is a huge tool for managers and heads of teams to identify key issues and mitigate risks.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • It reduced our budget for assistants who transcribed files manually
  • It speeds up the process, because we can have a transcriptions straight after the interviews
  • It increased accuracy, because AI makes the transcriptions for every second, and you can find the words which were said at specific time.
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Powow AI
  • Reduced the design thinking and design process time in half as it helped with team communication.
  • Allowed to start multiple projects during the year.
  • Gave helpful insights that allowed the business to increase customer satisfaction and sales.
  • Cut costs on physical offices as 90% of the job is done remotely.
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ScreenShots

Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Screenshots

Screenshot of audio transcription creation -  Using the Speech-to-Text API from within the Cloud Console by creating an audio transcription is done in just a few steps. It can transcribe short, long, and streaming audio.Screenshot of creating subtitles for videos using AI -  Transcriptions with captions and subtitles can be added to existing content or in real time to streaming content. Google's video transcription model can be used for indexing or subtitling video and/or multispeaker content and uses similar machine learning technology as YouTube does for video captioning.Screenshot of adding Speech-to-Text to apps - The video pictures covers how to add AI to an application without extensive machine learning model experience. The pretrained Speech-to-Text API lets users enable AI for applications.Screenshot of Language, speech, text, and translation with Google Cloud API - The pictures displays a section of Google training course, where learners use the Speech-to-Text API to transcribe an audio file into a text file, translate with the Google Cloud Translation API, and create synthetic speech with Natural Language AI.

Sembly.AI Screenshots

Screenshot of Meeting summary (Glance View)Screenshot of AI-powered Key Points like actions, issues, risks, events and requirementsScreenshot of Cross- and in-meeting search and sharingScreenshot of AI-generated Summaries with Action ItemsScreenshot of Automatic Meeting Minutes