Item: Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have piloted the use of Google Speech to Text to transcribe internal team meeting as well as use it with client who have different accent in speaking English.

Pros and Cons

Transcribing Meeting Mintues
Excellent AI engine to understand various accents
Ease of use
Helpful for specially abled individual in by reducing barrier and increasing inclusivity

Improving accent base especially from Non native English speaking countries
Phrasal recognition
Recognising patterns in and voices especially in an enterprises edition where it learn from within the enterprise with data record kept internally to reduce errors and increase efficiency

Return on Investment

Improved efficiency from the meeting.
No more FOMO as the text is readily available after the meeting.
Lesser man hours for the transcriber

Dragon is a long stading product in the market but the intuitiveness and that it was part of the Google ecosystem made me switch easily. it also allowed me to easily integrate with other Google product which we are so accustomed to, where Dragon was lacking and did not provide any integration.

Key Insights

Do you think Google Cloud Speech-to-Text delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Cloud Speech-to-Text's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Cloud Speech-to-Text live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Google Cloud Speech-to-Text go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Cloud Speech-to-Text again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition

Likelihood to Recommend

Great help.in recording meeting minutes
Not so great when working with non native English speaking client

Google Speech to Text - First Person Experience

Overall Satisfaction with Google Cloud Speech-to-Text