AI transcription: lost in translation?

lost in translation Youtube kids

Just the other day I came across an article that once piqued my interest: speech recognition software misrecognising words. While this isn’t “new” news, the fact that this article was around the children’s version of YouTube was interesting. We’ve discussed in a number of previous blog posts the accuracy of AI for transcription, but this …

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The increase in the use of digital evidence in police interview transcripts

police transcript

Let’s talk police interviews and their transcripts. Police interviews are when a person is questioned by police about their involvement or suspected involvement in a criminal offence – anyone who’s seen Line of Duty or any of the many police dramas on our TV screens will know exactly what we’re talking about! Beyond the TV …

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Can you improve your business with transcription?

improve your business transcription

You may wonder how on earth transcription could be one way in which you could improve your business… The dynamics of the way in which organisations communicate with their audience, and promote their brands or services have changed unrecognisably over the last decade. Consider how the business world has transformed in its use of presentations, …

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Speech recognition… the pros and cons.

speech recognition

When it comes to speech recognition software, we’ve come a long way. Machines are becoming increasingly adept at receiving, recognising, and understanding the spoken word. Let’s look at the history… Introducing Audrey! Who is Audrey?! Not how, but what! Audrey is recognised as being the first official example of our modern speech recognition technology, designed …

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Ciao Italiano! The real meaning of words “borrowed” from our continental friends!

Italian language

The Italian language is far from just words for our favourite Italian food – there are a number of them that have transferred over into English, ones that we now use as part of our everyday vocabulary. There are many words that look very similar in both languages that also have very similar meanings. These …

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How safe is your sensitive information with automated transcription services?

automated transcription

It’s the stuff of nightmares… when sensitive information somehow ends up where it shouldn’t. And when we came across this article that relates specifically to the Otter.ai transcription service and being able to maintain total confidentiality, we had to sit up and take note. Sensitive information should be confidential… shouldn’t it? Let’s take a look at what …

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The history of the typewriter!

typewriter

2022 is most definitely underway – and with it, Fiona Shipley’s 32nd year! It’s incredible to think that our transcription service has been providing our clients with accurate, quality transcripts for 32 years. When you put it into context, when our own Fiona began her career in transcription almost 40 years ago, transcripts were produced …

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Are you ready for AGM and reporting season?!

Reporting season

Understandably the last year has been a whirlwind in terms of having to change the way “business as usual” is conducted, and AGMs and other meetings associated with reporting season were no different. The pandemic caused a number of delays at the start of 2021 but the situation has thankfully improved vastly, at least for …

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