Google Voice Transcription #WIN or #FAIL?

Nov
9

I’ve been using Google Voice for a few weeks now. It’s pretty slick.

It’s come in handy while in a meeting when someone leaves a voice message. I can read the transcription of the message via email and/or text message. The problem is that the transcription isn’t always very good. Most times I can get the gist of what is being said but other times it’s a lost cause.

Here’s a message I received tonight. The transcription is followed by the actual message for comparison.

Yeah. What’s up. What’s Brian man’s give you hit alright. Anyways to this, the hot holler at me when you get a chance man just checking in on you. I’ve left please.

It sounded like there was a yawn in there and it’s not super clear but the transcription is decent.

For those of you who have used Google Voice let me know about your experience.

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  • Google Voice's transcription used to be pretty bang-on but a few weeks ago I noticed a severe degradation in the quality. I can't rely on it for much more than a general idea of what the caller was trying to communicate...and a good laugh every now and then. :-).
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