Introduction to Audio Mp3 Transcription Into Text
In this age, people not only want to hear seminars, lectures, sermons, conferences, podcasts and a lot more, they also want to see written documents for all those events. Thus, converting audio files to text is now rampant. Speech has always been the preferred mode of communication since fewer people don't want to use the pen as a communication tool now. The first choice has always been to say rather than write since saying it makes all the thoughts flow easily. No wonder converting speech to text is slowly going to be a multimillion dollar industry.
One of the most commonly used audio file is MP3 or MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, it is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. Because MP3s significantly compressed audio files, it is the perfect way to use when spreading on the internet or for sending to someone else online.
Written documents of audio files recorded from seminars, lectures, conferences, voice mails and other business related, academic and community related events are done by either using software to automatically convert the audio to text format or using a transcription service to accurately get the words spoken in the audio.
Using software to convert Mp3's
In using software to automatically convert speech to text, it is more expensive and less reliable. Accuracy might suffer hence the overall quality will suffer as well. However, there are several software that claims to have 99% accuracy. One of them is Nuance's Dragon Naturally Speaking, it is voice recognition software. The Dragon Naturally Speaking package comes with a Bluetooth headset and adapter from Plantronics, a leader in industry-standard headsets. The software has a range of language options, which can handle a number of English language regional dialects such as American, Australian and British English. It will take you 20 minutes to go through their basic training program which both instructs on how to work on the system while also analyzing your voice and learning your unique speech patterns. Reviews are saying that the software is exceptional however there are still a bit of problems with accuracy and you have to repeatedly go through the document to correct some of it. Also, there is a limit to the language options that the software can do. Even if you are speaking English but you have an Asian accent, the software will have a hard time adjusting to the accent, thus producing
Hire an online transcriber
Another way to convert speech to text is to have a transcription service company do it for you. All you need to do is have a reliable recorder, speak your thoughts out freely. Upload the audio file to your provider and give them your specific requirements. Usually, they'll have a rate more or less of $1 per audio minute and accuracy is better than using software. You can make sure that overall quality of the text is better than software because it is proofread and edited by human minds. However, the disadvantage in this method is time. It takes minutes for speech to text software to convert from speech to text but it will take at least 24 hours for transcription service companies to do it. This type of service is available to all languages worldwide and can still be done even if the speaker has a thick accent. Another advantage of this service is it can be done even if there is more than one speaker. If you are doing a focus group, the software surely will not be able to get all the words spoken when the speakers talk over with each other but the transcribers will.
Some Types of Online Transcription Services
One of the most commonly used audio file is MP3 or MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, it is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. Because MP3s significantly compressed audio files, it is the perfect way to use when spreading on the internet or for sending to someone else online.
Written documents of audio files recorded from seminars, lectures, conferences, voice mails and other business related, academic and community related events are done by either using software to automatically convert the audio to text format or using a transcription service to accurately get the words spoken in the audio.
Using software to convert Mp3's
In using software to automatically convert speech to text, it is more expensive and less reliable. Accuracy might suffer hence the overall quality will suffer as well. However, there are several software that claims to have 99% accuracy. One of them is Nuance's Dragon Naturally Speaking, it is voice recognition software. The Dragon Naturally Speaking package comes with a Bluetooth headset and adapter from Plantronics, a leader in industry-standard headsets. The software has a range of language options, which can handle a number of English language regional dialects such as American, Australian and British English. It will take you 20 minutes to go through their basic training program which both instructs on how to work on the system while also analyzing your voice and learning your unique speech patterns. Reviews are saying that the software is exceptional however there are still a bit of problems with accuracy and you have to repeatedly go through the document to correct some of it. Also, there is a limit to the language options that the software can do. Even if you are speaking English but you have an Asian accent, the software will have a hard time adjusting to the accent, thus producing
Hire an online transcriber
Another way to convert speech to text is to have a transcription service company do it for you. All you need to do is have a reliable recorder, speak your thoughts out freely. Upload the audio file to your provider and give them your specific requirements. Usually, they'll have a rate more or less of $1 per audio minute and accuracy is better than using software. You can make sure that overall quality of the text is better than software because it is proofread and edited by human minds. However, the disadvantage in this method is time. It takes minutes for speech to text software to convert from speech to text but it will take at least 24 hours for transcription service companies to do it. This type of service is available to all languages worldwide and can still be done even if the speaker has a thick accent. Another advantage of this service is it can be done even if there is more than one speaker. If you are doing a focus group, the software surely will not be able to get all the words spoken when the speakers talk over with each other but the transcribers will.
Some Types of Online Transcription Services
- Podcast transcription Service
Business Transcription Services
Teleseminar Transcription Service
Documentary and Tv Show Transcription Service
Legal transcription
Medical transcription
Dissertation transcription
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