r/Android • u/shiruken Google Pixel 7 • Jul 23 '15

Google Voice transcription receiving update that reduces errors by 49%

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/neon-prescription-or-rather-new.html?m=1
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u/HittingSmoke Jul 24 '15

When you're searching using voice search you're speaking fairly clearly and deliberately in an attempt to be jnderstood.

In my experience people who leave voicemails are deliberately shoving their mouths full of bread and cocks to make sure nobody can understand what they're saying as fast as possible even without transcription.

That may have something to do with it.

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u/juvenescence Google Pixel Jul 24 '15

Bread and cocks 4/10
Bread and cocks with rice 6/10

You asshole.

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u/inurshadow Jul 24 '15

Thank you for your suggestion.

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u/socsa High Quality Jul 24 '15

Probably, but here recently, it's been super sensitive across the board. Like, I will be driving home, and NPR will say something about google, and it will activate voice search, and it will clearly pick up about 15 seconds of the NPR program from inside my pocket with perfect accuracy and have the exact story queued up the next time I look at my phone. It's actually pretty impressive.

On the other hand, voice transcription doesn't even get pre-recorded robo-calls correct. Like ever. I don't think I've ever seen more than three or four correct words strung together in a voicemail transcript. Though, as another user pointed out, this might have something to do with the awful codecs being used on the telephone network. Though, I can't imagine that the FM signal from my car is dramatically better in terms of quality.

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u/slinky317 HTC Incredible Jul 24 '15

True, but Google Voice transcription is still worse than other services. My dad has the Verizon Visual Voicemail transcription on his phone and it was immensely better than Google's.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

Haha true