Azure AI Speech vs. Trados Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Speech
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
The 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
per month
Trados Studio
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Trados Studio is a translation management and language localization platform, from multinational SDL headquartered in the UK. It is a computer-assisted translation product, designed to be a complete translation environment for language professionals who want to edit, review and manage translation projects whilst in the office or on the move.
$408
per year per user
Pricing
Azure AI SpeechTrados Studio
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Freelance Subscription
$408
per year per user
Professional Subscription
$1,500
per year per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure AI SpeechTrados Studio
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Azure AI SpeechTrados Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(7 ratings)
6.7
(9 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Azure AI SpeechTrados Studio
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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RWS Group
SDL Trados Studio is extremely well suited for expert CAT tool users. More novice users will have trouble getting up to speed. I have an office full of employees that constantly ask questions on how to do specific tasks, mainly because the task sequence is not obvious and is only uncovered by rote repetition of the same things. If you learn and apply the same techniques repeatedly, it becomes easier, but it seems the software was designed by software people, sometimes with little thought to the end users who have to figure it out. I don't know that professional training should be so necessary.
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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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RWS Group
  • Xbench plugin works great. You can run Xbench on the whole project with one click.
  • TM and TB management
  • It is one of the most common CAT tool thus it is easy for translator assignments.
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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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RWS Group
  • Preview feature
  • Accessing server-based TM often takes time.
  • When connecting to server-based TM, I need to enter credentials twice every time. The first attempt always fails.
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Usability
Microsoft
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RWS Group
Again, the list of functions is impressive but the way it is organized (not process-driven) and the fact that complex tasks should be close to basic tasks make the product suitable to hardcore users that have a lot of time to research the manuals and blogs. By the way, Nora Diaz is one of the most respectable users of this product. Her videos help a lot!
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Support Rating
Microsoft
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RWS Group
We rarely had any issues with SDL safe for a few bugs that we fixed promptly in the upcoming service packs and updates.
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Alternatives Considered
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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RWS Group
memoQ is better quality and cheaper. Previously, Trados had a monopoly on the market but fortunately there are other adequate options available now at a lower cost.
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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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RWS Group
  • Trados is used by many clients, so it helps me to get more jobs.
  • Having one of the latest versions helps me a lot. I can, for example, import editable pdf documents and work on them within the Trados environment.
  • It also helps me with files which need to be returned in bilingual format in Word.
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