{"id":12047,"date":"2019-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:10083\/uncategorized\/how-does-speech-to-text-software-work-en\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T17:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T15:42:57","slug":"how-speech-to-text-software-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/blog\/how-speech-to-text-software-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What is speech to text software and how does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-block\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-x\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cell large-11\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single single-banner background purple\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-3 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-center align-middle\">\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Machine-transcript-1.svg\" alt=\"Amberscript Automatic transcripton\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"width: 250px; max-height: none\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\n                  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-8 large-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>TLDR: What&#8217;s speech to text and how does it work? <\/h3>\n              \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme-color-primary\">\n                    <p>Speech-to-text, also called speech recognition, is the process of transcribing audio into text in <em>almost<\/em> real time.<\/p>\n<p>It does this by using linguistic algorithms to sort auditory signals and convert them into words, which are then displayed as Unicode characters.<\/p>\n<p>These characters can be consumed, displayed, and acted upon by external applications, tools, and devices.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n              \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol id=\"fivefour\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"#what-is-speech-to-text-software\" data-type=\"internal\">Definition: What is speech to text software?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"#what-is-the-current-state-of-speech-recognition?\">What is the current state of Speech Recognition?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"#why-do-we-need-speech-to-text-software?\">Why do we need speech to text software?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"#how-is-speech-to-text-software-used-in-different-industries\">How is voice to text software used in different industries?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"#how-does-speech-to-text-software-work\">How does speech to text software work?<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#what-is-speech-to-text-acoustic-model\">What is an acoustic model?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#what-is-speech-to-text-linguistic-model\">What is a linguistic model?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#what-is-a-speaker-dependent-speech-to-text-model\">What is a speaker dependent model?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#what-makes-amberscripts-speech-to-to-text-engine-the-best\"><strong>What makes Amberscript&#8217;s speech to text model the best? <\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-speech-to-text-software\">What is speech to text software?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech to text software that&#8217;s used for translating spoken words into a written format. This process is also known as speech recognition or computer speech recognition. There are many applications, tools, and devices that can transcribe audio in real-time so it can be displayed and acted upon accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-the-current-state-of-speech-recognition?\">What is the Current State of Speech Recognition?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent technological developments in the area of speech recognition not only made our life more convenient and our workflow more productive, but also open opportunities, that were deemed as \u201cmiraculous\u201d back in the days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech-to-text software has a wide variety of applications, and the list continues to grow on a yearly basis. Healthcare, improved customer service, qualitative research, journalism \u2013 these are just some of the industries, where voice-to-text conversion has already become a major game-changer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-do-we-need-speech-to-text-software?\">Why Do We Need Speech to Text software?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. It reduces the time to transcribe content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Professionals, students, and researchers&nbsp; in various industries use high-quality transcripts to perform their work-related activities. The technology behind the voice recognition advances at a fast pace, making it quicker, cheaper and more convenient than transcribing content manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current speech to text software isn&#8217;t as accurate as professional transcriber, but depending on the audio quality &#8211; the software can be up to 85% accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Speech to text software makes audio accessible&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is Speech to Text Recognition currently booming here in Europe? The answer is quite simple \u2013 digital accessibility. As described in the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/HTML\/?uri=CELEX:32016L2102&amp;from=EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Directive 2016\/2102<\/a>, governments must take measures to ensure that everyone has equal access to information. Podcasts, videos and audio recordings need to be supplied with captions or transcripts to be accessible by people with hearing disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><div class=\"image-block-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled_Poster_Portrait_2_84-548x720.jpeg\" alt=\"Brand shapes with a deaf sign\" class=\"wp-image-60537\" width=\"274\" height=\"360\" title=\"best transcription software\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled_Poster_Portrait_2_84-548x720.jpeg 548w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled_Poster_Portrait_2_84-365x480.jpeg 365w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled_Poster_Portrait_2_84-768x1009.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled_Poster_Portrait_2_84.jpeg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How Does Automatic Speech Recognition Work?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-is-speech-to-text-software-used-in-different-industries\">How is speech to text software used in different industries?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speech to text technology is no longer just a convenience for everyday people; it&#8217;s being adopted by major industries like marketing, banking, and healthcare. Voice recognition applications are changing the way people work by making simple tasks more efficient and complex tasks possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Customer Support call analytics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Machine-made transcription is a tool that helps you understand customer conversations, so you can make changes to improve customer engagement. This service also makes your customer service team more productive.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media and broadcasting subtitling&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Speech to text software helps to create subtitles for videos and allows them to be watched by people that are deaf or hard of hearing. Adding subtitles to videos makes them accessible to wider audiences.\u00a0<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">With transcription, medical professionals can record clinical conversations into electronic health record systems for fast and simple analysis. In healthcare, this process also helps improve efficiency by providing immediate access to information and inputting data.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech to text software helps in the legal transcription process of automatically writing or typing out often lengthy legal documents from an audio and\/or video recording. This involves transforming the recorded information into a written format that is easily navigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utilizing speech to text can be a beneficial way for students to take notes and interact with their lectures. With the ability to highlight and underline important parts of the lecture, they can easily go back and review information before exams. Students who are deaf or hard of hearing also find this software helpful as it caption online classes or seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"single-block\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-x\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cell large-11\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single single-banner background purple\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-3 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-center align-middle\">\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cover-image.svg\" alt=\"Icona dell'interfaccia del sito web di Amberscript\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"width: 250px; max-height: none\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\n                  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button theme-background-secondary\" data-offset=\"200\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/request-quote\/\" target=\"_self\" data-smooth-scroll>Request a quote<\/a>\n                  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-8 large-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Transform your audio and<br \/>video to text and subtitles<\/h3>\n              \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme-color-primary\">\n                    <ul>\n<li>High accurate, on demand service<\/li>\n<li>Competitive pricing with the fastest turnaround using AI<\/li>\n<li>Upload, search edit and export with ease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n              \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-does-speech-to-text-software-work\">How Does Speech to Text Software Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"image-block-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speech_recognition_4_85-576x720.jpeg\" alt=\"Infographic showing how a speech to text software works\" class=\"wp-image-60603\" width=\"432\" height=\"540\" title=\"how-does\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speech_recognition_4_85-576x720.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speech_recognition_4_85-384x480.jpeg 384w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speech_recognition_4_85.jpeg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How does speech to text work?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The core of a speech to text service is the automatic speech recognition system. The&nbsp; systems are composed of acoustic and linguistic components running on one or several computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-speech-to-text-acoustic-model\"><strong>What is speech to text acoustic model?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The acoustic component is responsible of converting the audio in your file into a sequence of acoustic units \u2013 super small sound samples. Have you ever seen a waveform of the sound? That\u2019s we call analogue sound or vibrations that you create when you speak \u2013 they are converted to digital signals, so that the software can analyze them. Then, mentioned acoustic units are matched to existing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxforge.org\/home\/docs\/faq\/faq\/what-is-an-acoustic-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cphonemes\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 those are the sounds that we use in our language to form meaningful expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-speech-to-text-linguistic-model\"><strong>What is speech to text linguistic model?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thereafter, the linguistic component is responsible of converting these sequence of acoustic units into words, phrases, and paragraphs. There are many words that sound similar, but mean entirely different things, such as peace and piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The linguistic component analyzes all the preceding words and their relationship to estimate the probability which word should be used next. Geeks call these&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@postsanjay\/hidden-markov-models-simplified-c3f58728caab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHidden Markov Models\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 they are widely used in all speech recognition software. That\u2019s how speech recognition engines are able to determine parts of speech and word endings (with varied success).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#d3d0d0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><em>Example: he listens to a podcast<\/em><\/strong>. Even if the sound \u201cs\u201d in the word \u201clistens\u201d is barely pronounced, the linguistic component can still determine that the word should be spelled with \u201cs\u201d, because it was preceded by \u201che\u201d.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you are able to use an automatic transcription service, these components must be trained appropriately to understand a specific language. Both, the acoustic part of your content, that is, how it is being spoken and recorded, and the linguistic part, that is, what is being said, are critical for the resulting accuracy of the transcription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here at Amberscript, we are constantly improving our acoustic and linguistic components in order to perfect our speech recognition engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-speaker-dependent-speech-to-text-model\">What is a speaker dependent speech to text model? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also something called a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/speechangel.com\/2016\/05\/04\/difference-speaker-dependent-speaker-independent-recognition-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cspeaker model\u201d<\/a>. Speech recognition software can be either&nbsp;<em><strong>speaker-dependent<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em><strong>speaker-independent<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker-dependent model is trained for one particular voice, such as speech-to-text solution by Dragon. You can also train Siri, Google and Cortana to only recognize your own voice (in other words, you\u2019re making the voice assistant speaker-dependent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually results in a higher accuracy for your particular use case, but does require time to train the model to understand your voice. Furthermore, the speaker-dependent model is not flexible and can\u2019t be used reliably in many settings, such as conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably guessed it \u2013 speaker-independent model can recognize many different voices without any training. That\u2019s what we currently use in our software at Amberscript<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-makes-amberscripts-speech-to-to-text-engine-the-best\">What Makes Amberscript\u2019s Speech to to Text Engine the best?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"image-block-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WHat_makes_Amberscript_so_accurate_4_65-1-509x720.jpeg\" alt=\"Poster showing what makes Amberscript an accurate voice to text software\" class=\"wp-image-60647\" width=\"382\" height=\"540\" title=\"what-makes-amberscript-so-accurate-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WHat_makes_Amberscript_so_accurate_4_65-1-509x720.jpeg 509w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WHat_makes_Amberscript_so_accurate_4_65-1-340x480.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WHat_makes_Amberscript_so_accurate_4_65-1-768x1086.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WHat_makes_Amberscript_so_accurate_4_65-1.jpeg 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our voice recognition engine is estimated to reach up to 95% accuracy \u2013 this level of quality was previously unknown to the Dutch market. We would be more than happy to share, where this unmatched performance comes from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Smart architecturing and modelling<\/strong>. We are proud to work with a team of talented speech scientists that developed a sophisticated language model, that is open for continuous improvement.<br><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Big amounts of training material<\/strong>. Speech-to-text software relies on machine learning. In other words, the more data you feed the system with \u2013 the better it performs. We\u2019ve collected terabytes of data on the way to get to such a high quality level.<br><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Balanced data.<\/strong>\u00a0In order to perfect our algorithm, we used various sorts of data. Our specialists obtained a sufficient sample size for both genders, as well as different accents and tones of voice.<br><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Scenario exploration.<\/strong>\u00a0We have tested our model in various acoustic conditions to ensure stable performance in different recording settings.<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"single-block\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-x\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cell large-11\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single single-banner background purple\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-3 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-center align-middle\">\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cover-image.svg\" alt=\"Icona dell'interfaccia del sito web di Amberscript\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"width: 250px; max-height: none\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\n                  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button theme-background-secondary\" data-offset=\"200\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/request-quote\/\" target=\"_self\" data-smooth-scroll>Request a quote<\/a>\n                  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-8 large-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Transform your audio and<br \/>video to text and subtitles<\/h3>\n              \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme-color-primary\">\n                    <ul>\n<li>High accurate, on demand service<\/li>\n<li>Competitive pricing with the fastest turnaround using AI<\/li>\n<li>Upload, search edit and export with ease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n              \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Amberscript_v5-BURNED.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natural Language Understanding \u2013 The Next Big Thing in voice to text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s discuss the next major step forward for the entire industry, that is \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natural-language_understanding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natural Language Understanding<\/a>&nbsp;(or NLU). It is a branch of Artificial Intelligence, that explores how machines can understand and interpret human language. Natural Language Understanding allows the speech recognition technology to not only transcribe human language but actually understand the meaning behind it. In other words, adding NLU algorithms is like adding a brain to a speech-to-text converter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NLU aims to face the toughest challenge of speech recognition \u2013 understanding and working with unique context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Can You Do with Natural Language Understanding?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Machine translation<\/strong>. That\u2019s something that is already being used in Skype. You speak in one language, and your voice is automatically transcribed to text in a different language. You can treat it as the next level of Google Translate. This alone has enormous potential \u2013 just imagine how much easier it becomes to communicate with people who don\u2019t speak your language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Document summarization.<\/strong>&nbsp;We live in a world full of data. Perhaps, there is too much information out there. Imagine having an instant summary of an article, essay, or email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Content categorization<\/strong>. Similar to a previous point, content can be brought down into distinctive themes or topics. This feature is already implemented in search engines, such as Google and YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sentiment analysis.<\/strong>&nbsp;This technique is aimed at identifying human perceptions and opinions through a systematic analysis of blogs, reviews, or even tweets. This practice is already implemented by many firms, particularly those that are active on social media.<br><br>Yes, we\u2019re heading there! We don\u2019t know whether we\u2019re gonna end up in a world full of friendly robots or the one from Matrix, but machines can already understand basic human emotions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Plagiarism detection.<\/strong>&nbsp;Simple plagiarism tools only check whether a piece of content is a direct copy. Advanced software like Turnitin can already detect whether the same content was paraphrased, making plagiarism detection a lot more accurate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is NLU Applied These Days?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@datamonsters\/artificial-neural-networks-in-natural-language-processing-bcf62aa9151a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There are many disciplines<\/a>,&nbsp;in which NLU (as a subset of Natural Language Processing) already plays a huge role. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"image-block-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NLU_poster_4_80-1-576x720.jpeg\" alt=\"Poster showing examples of disciplines using Natural Language Understanding\" class=\"wp-image-60625\" width=\"432\" height=\"540\" title=\"how-nlu-is-currently-used-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NLU_poster_4_80-1-576x720.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NLU_poster_4_80-1-384x480.jpeg 384w, https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NLU_poster_4_80-1.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s the future of Natural Language Processing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re currently integrating NLU algorithms in our speech to text software to make our speech recognition software even smarter and applicable in a wider range of applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope that now you\u2019re a bit more acquainted with the fascinating field of speech recognition! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) The ultimate level of speech recognition is based on&nbsp;<em><strong>artificial neural networks<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 essentially it gives the engine a possibility to learn and self-improve. Google\u2019s, Microsoft\u2019s, as well as our engine is powered by machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-block\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-x\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cell large-11\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single single-banner background purple\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-3 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x align-center align-middle\">\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_peter_pauul_amberscript_logo-scaled-e1668003670922.jpeg\" alt=\"Peter-Paul\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"width: 250px; max-height: none\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n\n                  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell large-8 large-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n              \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme-color-primary\">\n                    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/peterpaul-deleeuw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter-Paul <\/a>is the founder and CEO of Amberscript, a scaleup based in Amsterdam that focuses on making all audio accessible by providing transcription and subtitling services and software.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n              \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"related-content\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"grid-x align-center grid-margin-x grid-margin-y\">\n\n<style>\n\t.test123 {\n\t\tdisplay: none;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"test123\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNone\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLanguages &#8211; Transcription\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormats &#8211; Transcription\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormats &#8211; Subtitles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProduct Pages\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubtitles &#8211; 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class=\"cell medium-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"title\">Learn how industries can benefit from transcription<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/blog\/choosing-the-right-transcription-service-for-universities\/\">Choosing the Right Transcription Service for Universities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/blog\/universities-subtitles-language-gaps\/\">How Universities Are Using Subtitles and Transcriptions to Bridge Language Gaps<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/blog\/subtitles-transcriptions-inclusivity\/\">Inclusivity: The Impact of Subtitles and Transcriptions on Campus<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/blog\/best-practices-for-subtitling-lectures\/\">Best Practices for Subtitling University Lectures: Creating Accessible Video Content<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cell medium-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"title\">Learn more about Amberscript<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/amberscript-academy\/amberscript-sporters-case-study\/\">Amberscript helps Sporters with subtitling video content to educate young people about Olympic sports<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/amberscript-academy\/cheflix-and-amberscript-join-forces-to-make-michelin-star-cooking-accessible-to-everyone\/\">Cheflix and Amberscript join forces to make Michelin star cooking accessible to everyone.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/amberscript-academy\/leon-birdi-case-study\/\">How Amberscript helped Leon Birdi to increase his reach and optimize his videos for SEO<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-staging.amberscript.com\/en\/amberscript-academy\/how-amberscript-helps-orange-produce-digitally-accessible-content-for-a-global-audience\/\">How Amberscript helps Orange produce digitally accessible content for a global 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