Friends, everyone Have a good mood! In this article we’ll talk about what the concept of transcribing audio into text online means. Or rather, not only audio, but also video. It turns out that this is a translation of speech onto “paper”.
That is, the meaning is that with the help special services can be shifted soundtrack audio or video files into ordinary text. I think this is just a godsend for lazy students.
It is the scheme described in this publication that works most correctly and quickly. So let's get to the heart of the matter.
So, first of all, we go to and select a video there, the audio track of which will be translated into text online. Then you need to change its playback speed to the following:
To do this, find the icon in the form of a speaker in the system tray and right-click on it. In the context menu that opens, select “Recording devices”:
In the next step, you need to right-click again in the window that appears with a list of devices and activate the “Show disabled devices” option:
After this, a new device should appear, which is called stereo mixer. Let's make it the default:
In this way we transferred the input stream from the microphone, because in our case the sound will not come from it, but from the video. But you need to understand that with such parameters you can only talk in sign language, that is, without the participation of your voice. 😉
Well, oh well, it’s never too late to get everything back. Now we move on to the final stage, launching an online service for transcribing the audio stream into text. To do this, go to dictation.io and click the "Start Dictation" button:
Then we start playing the video and watch the magical process:
As you can see for yourself, the transcription of audio into text online in our case was very correct and almost error-free. By the way, of all such services and programs, it was the one described in the article that proved to be the best.
At this point the article comes to an end, if you have any questions, ask them in the comments. And in conclusion, let's watch another interesting video.
Greetings, Dear friends. Let's look at this way of making money today: transcription * , accessible to most and allowing you to earn good money on the Internet.
Transcription - translation into text format of the content of audio and video sources.
Transcription of audio files and videos into text refers to remote freelancing on (,).
So, after reading this post, you will learn what it is to make money from transcription, for whom this method is suitable, where to find a job and what will help in this difficult matter.
The essence of the work is to decipher the content of audio and video files and translate it into machine text format. If in simple words, then they give you a music file or a link to a video on YouTube (read also), and you return it to the customer text file with collected content from this file or video.
Who pays
The main customers on the market are webmasters or Internet coaches who need to translate the content of audio and video files into text. Look how much information is now provided through videos on personal YouTube channels, in correspondence, at conferences and online courses. But on the Internet, the main thing is text, text and only text. Therefore, every day the volume of work does not fall, but is constantly growing, and now you can take your place in the boat and earn good money.
Just as often, journalists who use a dictaphone resort to transcription services, but do not have time to reprint the content or are simply lazy.
If now there may be problems with customers at first, then with time and improvement of your qualifications this problem will disappear.
For whom
Making money by translating from audio to text is one of the few ways that allows almost everyone to earn good money, even teenage schoolchildren as young as 12 years old.
You don’t need to have any special knowledge or skills here, although the touch typing method will greatly simplify your task and increase your income. You will need a computer with Internet access and basic school knowledge in Russian language, spelling and punctuation.
How much can you earn
The main question for all performers, of course, remains the question of the money they receive. Let's take a look at how much they pay for transcription these days. The main search for customers today is work-zilla, let’s go there.
As we see in this task, for transcribing a 5-minute video you will receive 100 rubles. How many of these 5 minutes do we have in an hour? 12? If you can process 10 such tasks in a day, you will receive 1000 rubles, and a month would already be 22,000 rubles, working only on weekdays with all weekends and holidays.
Not bad, right?
Alas, harsh reality shows that there are not many such tasty tasks and you will have to fight for them. In the beginning, you will need to work on less attractive orders to increase your rating and build up your portfolio. For example, this one:
In this task, we are required to transcribe a two-hour webinar for 600 rubles, which is 2 times less than in the previous task.
Pay attention to the execution time. In this task, this is 8 hours to transcribe a 2-hour video, but at the beginning, most likely you will not have time to meet such limits. Before taking on such a task, be sure to agree with the customer on the possibility of increasing the completion time. Usually they go to a meeting.
Of course, there are some very cheap tasks:
In fact, if you see such a task, do not rush to immediately swear and close the site. This is usually done by inexperienced customers who do not know the prices for translating content from audio to text. Just open a chat with the customer and agree on a price.
From experience, I can say that now on average they pay 600 rubles for 60 minutes. Performers with high rating they charge higher, from 900 rubles per hour of decoding and higher. Work, earn a reputation and you will earn from a thousand rubles a day.
Pros and cons of the method
pros
- You work for yourself, and not for your uncle in an expensive suit;
- work in your free time;
- you work from anywhere in the world, it is possible to combine it with your main job;
- decent wages;
- the possibility of increasing earnings (referral program, copyright instead of simple text decoding);
- does not require special skills and knowledge.
Minuses
- At the start, small earnings are possible;
- presence of competition, not a large number of customers;
- impermanence (you can long time sit without orders);
- complexity (there are sources of poor quality)
- sedentary work at the monitor (be sure to take breaks to rest your eyes and body)
In general, transcription is good way start making real money on the Internet. Unlike the same clicks, the earnings here are much higher. The worst thing is that there are not many customers yet. But this is a matter of time, but for now it can be combined with other methods: copyright, rewriting, translation, etc.
What you need
In order to make money from transcription you will need.
- Desire to earn money. I think there shouldn't be any problems with this.
- Banish laziness and get rid of chronophages*
Chronofanies are devourers of your free time (games, movies, TV series, reading entertainment sites and everything, everything, everything that can distract you from work).
- Get yourself an electronic wallet. Required to register on earning sites. I would recommend mail from Yandex or Gmail.
- Open a virtual wallet where money will be received for completed tasks. If you don’t know which one to open yet, then make a WM wallet from WebMoney ().
Mechanism of operation
- Register on the selected site.
- Activate your account.
- Fill out your profile and payment information to withdraw money.
- Find a customer, get a task and a source for decoding.
- Complete the task, type the text from the source into Text Document.
- Submit your order
- The customer checks it, approves it, or sends it for revision.
- You receive money, withdraw it to your e-wallet
- Spend online or withdraw in real money.
- That's it, you can move on to the next order.
Tools to help
To make this difficult work easier, pay attention to these things, they can greatly simplify your work:
- Microsoft Word or its analogues. This program can check the text for errors and correct them. Of course, it won’t fix everything, but 80-90 percent is enough.
- Orfogrammka service or its analogues. A great service that can check spelling, punctuation, grammar, find stylistic and speech errors, offer correction options, etc. Unfortunately, the spelling tool itself has recently become paid, but small texts can be checked for free. The cost of one check costs 2 rubles, which is not expensive at all if you have a large amount of work to do and don’t have time to check it yourself. Eat free analogues or the same MS Word.
- Service Speechpad.ru. Allows you to dictate text and convert it into text format. You can try using it to transcribe audio files, the main thing is that the quality is good.
- Dictation.io is an analogue of our foreign-made speechpad. Oddly enough, he copes quite well with the Russian language.
- speechnotes.co is another foreign online service for speech recognition. Uses the voice mechanism for this Google search and has a smartphone app.
- http://www.typingstudy.com/ru/ - a site for teaching touch typing on a keyboard. After completing the training, you will speed up your typing skills, which will allow you to complete tasks faster.
Programs for translating audio into text
Yes, services that can automatically translate audio into text seem like an attractive solution, but such a service has not yet been ideally invented. Still, they make mistakes, do not add punctuation marks, etc. Reworking such texts is sometimes much more difficult and takes longer. And think for yourself. If such online services existed, then why would the customer pay you money?
Therefore, programmers have created programs that can, if not perfectly translate audio into text, then at least significantly simplify this task for you. Let's look at the best of them.
Express Scribe
The most popular work for assistance in transcribing audio files into text. It cannot recognize itself, but it can greatly simplify the work of typists*.
Typist - a worker who types text, a typist. From English words Type - set.
Express Scribe allows you to download an audio file, listen to it at your own speed, and simultaneously type text in your own text editor. The program's own editor cannot check spelling, but the program integrates with Microsoft Word. There is support for hot keys, which allows you to quickly switch between operations without touching the mouse.
Has both paid and free version. Supports Windows and Mac OS
Transcriber-pro
Russian-language analogue of Express Scribe with the ability to listen not only to audio files, but also to play video. It has a group editing tool if you work not alone, but in a group: typesetter, proofreader, editor, etc. The program is paid and the license costs 640 rubles per year, which can be paid for in one order. Works only on computers running operating system Windows.
Previously, the program was called Slovomol Editor
LossPlay
In appearance, this is an ordinary audio player like Winamp or AIMP, but it was created with the assistance of professional transcribers and is designed specifically for decoding audio into text. Hotkey support and deep integration with Word will help simplify the complex process of translating an audio file into text. You can adjust the playback speed. Can play both audio and video files. Free and has a Russian-language interface
VOCO
A professional application for Windows that allows you to convert read text into a ready-made text document. Versions Voco.Professional and Voco.Enterprise allow you to convert ready-made audio files into text. Unfortunately, the cost of this program is quite high. Voco.basic will cost you 1,690 rubles, but Voco.Professional is already 13,900. The corporate one costs about 50 thousand rubles.
RealSpeaker
A unique tool for converting voice speech into text. Unlike its competitors this program can not only “listen” to speech, but also follow the movement of the speaker’s lips, improving the result of transcribing audio into text. Since August 2016, the authors have been testing a transcription tool where you can upload a file and get a text result. You can try it at this address. While testing is underway, you can do this absolutely free. Further, I think there will be a fee.
Where to get orders for transcription
Eternal headache— where to take orders? I have selected for you some of the best sites where you can look for customers and offer your services for translating content from audio to text.
Work-Zilla
The bulk of customers are located right here and it’s best to start from here. There are many small orders of 100 rubles and large orders of several thousand.
I advise beginners to go here first. With small orders you can quickly gain a reputation and earn a decent income per day.
Kwork
Today this is the most successful exchange Freelance services with a fixed fee. Each quvork here costs 500 rubles. Here you are no longer looking for customers, but the customer is looking for performers. Here is an example of one of the performers.
This performer is on the site less than a year, and has already completed 104 tasks. Of course, not all of her assignments involved transcription, but they all involved typing. And of course, it works not only on kwork, but also on other earning sites. This raises the question: is it possible to make money from this? As you can see, yes!
ToDo (exchange closed)
Almost the twin brother of the Kwork site, with a slight difference. Here performers can set a price for their services and are not limited in the price of one job. You can create a work for 100 rubles in 10 minutes, or you can create 1200 in an hour. Nobody limits you. It is inferior in popularity to Kwork.
MoguZa
MoguZa positions itself as a seller of digital services, where performers offer their services for a specific amount. Today there are 108 offers on the site for translating audio into text, you can become the 109th.
YouDo.com
Yudu is one of the largest services on the Internet for searching for performers. Unlike the competitors described above, it specializes in all areas of life, not just the Internet. Here you can find everything from a toilet cleaner to a spaceship designer.
It also has a segment for online work. Go to freelance.yodo.com and you will have access to a freelance exchange, where you can find transriction customers.
Weblancer
One of the most popular freelance exchanges on the RuNet. Here you can find both one-time orders and permanent work.
Alas, there are not many orders here.
FL.RU
The most popular freelance exchange. There are a lot of orders here, but you should come here confident in your abilities and with money in your pocket, or rather purchased with a PRO account. Yes, transcription here is provided by customers only to performers with a paid account.
Advego
It would be a good idea to register on the content exchange - Advego. Here, maybe not so often, but still, interesting orders pop up for transcribing audio and video into text. And if active tasks no, you can earn money in other ways, of which there are a huge variety (copywriting, rewriting, likes, reposts, commenting, creating topics on the forum, etc.)
Audio Bureau
If you want to find a permanent job with guaranteed wages, then you can try your hand at the Audio Bureau, which specializes in providing services in the field of audio and video services. In the “Vacancies” section you can find job offers as an audio transcriber and some others.
These are the sites I would recommend to start making money from transcription. This is certainly not full list, but there are most customers here and there is less chance of stumbling upon scammers and deception. Many performers open their own websites and make money from them by translating the content of audio files into text. Or they offer their services through social networks.
At first you will need to work on your:
- Reputation
- Portfolio
- Improve the quality and speed of your work. Learn touch typing, use programs to translate audio into text.
- Learn a foreign language. Type text from sources on foreign language. Translation + transcription costs much more.
- Look for orders that require not just translating text from audio into a document, but that require understanding the content and writing high-quality copyright.
- Use the referral system and bring new performers into the system.
- Cooperate. There are orders that need to be completed urgently, but one person simply cannot do it in time. If you give the customer the maximum quick result, then believe me - he is yours forever. For an hour of voice acting, you can and will earn less between the two of you, but you will also complete twice as many tasks in the same time.
Beware of scammers (updated 05/14/18)
Good luck with your earnings and health!
No program can completely replace handmade by transcribing recorded speech. However, there are solutions that can significantly speed up and facilitate the translation of speech into text, that is, simplify transcription.
What is transcription
Transcription is the automatic or manual translation of speech into text, or more precisely, the recording of an audio or video file in text form.
There are paid paid tasks on the Internet, when the performer is paid a certain amount of money for transcribing the text. In this case, transcription is done manually.
However, you can do the transcription automatically using special program, able to “listen” to the text and at the same time “print” it, turn it into a text file suitable for further use.
Translating speech into text manually or using a special program is useful
- students to translate recorded audio or video lectures into text,
- bloggers running websites and blogs,
- writers, journalists for writing books and texts,
- information businessmen who need a text after their webinar, speech, etc.,
- freelancers who manually translate speech into text to facilitate and speed up their work,
- people who have difficulty typing - they can dictate a letter and send it to family or friends,
- other options.
On the problems of automatic speech-to-text translation
There are two major problems with translating speech into text using a program: the quality of the recorded speech and the presence of background in the recording in the form of noise, music or other extraneous sounds.
Everyone's speech is different:
- so fast that the words are swallowed, or, conversely, very slow;
- with clear diction, like professional announcers, or so inexpressive that it is difficult to understand anything;
- with excellent pronunciation or, on the contrary, with strong accent, for example, when a foreigner speaks.
In what cases will an automatic transcription program provide the most best result speech to text translation? The program will make a more or less high-quality translation when the person on the recording speaks with clear diction, at a normal speech rate, without an accent. At the same time, the speech recording contains no extraneous sounds in the form of noise, music, or conversations of other people. Then you can hope for a good automatic translation that does not require manual corrections or with minimal changes.
In other cases, when the speech is inexpressive and there are extraneous noises, translation using a program or application will be much worse. Perhaps some program or service will transcribe such speech better than other programs and applications, but you should not expect a miracle.
In some cases, it is still worth contacting a freelance exchange, where a real person will perform the translation manually. However, high quality cannot be guaranteed here either, since a freelancer can use automatic transcription programs and will be too lazy to make edits to the resulting text.
We will describe the most effective tools available on a computer, mobile applications and online services for translating speech into text.
1 Website speechpad.ru
This is an online service that allows you to Google Chrome translate speech into text. The service works with a microphone and ready-made files. Of course, the quality will be much higher if you use an external microphone and dictate yourself. However, the service does a good job even with YouTube videos.
Click “Enable recording”, answer the question about “Using a microphone” - to do this, click “Allow”.
The long instructions about using the service can be collapsed by clicking on button 1 in Fig. 3. You can get rid of advertising by completing a simple registration.
Rice. 3. Speechpad service
The finished result is easy to edit. To do this, you need to either manually correct the highlighted word or dictate it again. The results of the work are saved in personal account, you can also download them to your computer.
List of video lessons on working with speechpad:
You can transcribe videos from Youtube or from your computer, however, you will need a mixer, more details:
Video “Audio Transcription”
The service operates in seven languages. There is a small minus. It lies in the fact that if you need to transcribe a finished audio file, then its sound is heard through the speakers, which creates additional interference in the form of an echo.
2 Service dictation.io
A wonderful online service that allows you to translate speech into text for free and easily.
Rice. 4. Service dictation.io
1 in Fig. 4 – Russian language can be selected at the end of the page. IN Google browser Chrome selects the language, but for some reason Mozilla does not have this option.
It is noteworthy that the ability to auto-save the finished result has been implemented. This will prevent accidental deletion as a result of closing a tab or browser. This service does not recognize finished files. Works with a microphone. You need to name punctuation marks when dictating.
The text is recognized quite correctly, there are no spelling errors. You can insert punctuation marks yourself from the keyboard. The finished result can be saved on your computer.
3 RealSpeaker
This program allows you to easily translate human speech into text. It is designed to work in different systems: Windows, Android, Linux, Mac. With its help, you can convert speech heard into a microphone (for example, it can be built into a laptop), as well as recorded into audio files.
Can understand 13 world languages. There is a beta version of the program that works as an online service:
You need to follow the link above, select the Russian language, upload your audio or video file to the online service and pay for its transcription. After transcription, you can copy the resulting text. The larger the file for transcription, the more time it will take to process it, more details:
In 2017 there was free option transcription using RealSpeaker, since 2018 there is no such option. Probably, in order for the transcribed file to be unavailable for downloading by all users, there must be a checkmark next to “Make the file fail within 24 hours”.
The site has an online chat. The button to start a chat is located in the lower right corner of the site.
4 Speechnotes
An alternative to the previous application for mobile devices running on Android. Available for free in the app store:
The text is edited automatically and punctuation marks are added. Very convenient for dictating notes to yourself or making lists. As a result, the text will be of very decent quality. There is a paid premium version.
5 Dragon Dictation
This is an application that is distributed free of charge for mobile devices from Apple.
The program can work with 15 languages. It allows you to edit the result, select from a list the right words. You need to clearly pronounce all sounds, not make unnecessary pauses and avoid intonation. Sometimes there are mistakes in the endings of words.
The Dragon Dictation application is used by owners of Apple gadgets, for example, to dictate a shopping list in a store while moving around the apartment. When they get there, they can look at the text in the note without having to listen.
Whatever program you use in your practice, be prepared to double-check the results and make certain adjustments.
This is the only way to get a flawless text without errors.
Transcription of audio and video into text on freelance exchanges
As for manual translation, you can order speech-to-text transcription on the exchange. On the freelance exchange, some users (customers) place an order, select a contractor and pay for the work. And other users (freelancers) take orders, fulfill necessary work and get paid for it.
How can you place an order on the freelance exchange? First you need to register on the exchange website, that is, register there. Then you can place an order - a transcription task.
For your order on the exchange, you can select a performer - a person who will do the transcription. To do this, it is necessary that at least one of the potential performers agrees to take on the proposed work. If no one took the order, then you need to change its parameters, for example, increase the price for the work.
Payment for work performed is not made directly to the freelancer, but through a freelance exchange. When placing an order, you usually need to top up your account with the amount needed to complete the transcription. In addition, there may be an exchange commission for intermediation in the form of a fixed amount or a fixed percentage of the order amount. Payment for the work is carried out after its verification and approval by the customer. Most often, the amount is sent to the contractor simultaneously with the approval of his work by the customer.
Before placing an order, it is worth reading the exchange rules regarding checking the completed task, paying for it, as well as depositing and withdrawing money to the exchange. The withdrawal of money is necessary so that the remaining money, planned to pay for other orders, can be returned back to the customer, and will not remain forever on the exchange.
Below I offer two well-known freelance exchanges where you can place an order for speech-to-text translation with the help of a freelancer: weblancer.net and freelance.ru.
Two freelance exchanges
Deciphering audio and video into text (transcription) on the weblancer.net freelance exchange:
Rice. 5. (click to enlarge)
Freelance exchange weblancer.net
Another exchange where you can order transcription of audio/video recordings is freelance.ru
Freelance exchange freelance.ru
Today I want to tell you about this type of earnings, such as audio transcription, or, in simple words, translating audio into text.
The essence of audio transcription
Quite often, a person has notes that need to be translated into text. With the help of programs, I will say right away, this is impossible.
Therefore, machine transcription, even if it were possible, is not suitable.
From this a market for services is born, which is called text transcription. The worker, carefully listening, turns the audio into a beautiful, readable text that the customer needs.
The work is not difficult, and is perfect even for beginners, as it does not require creative approach, the only skill that is desirable in this job is fast typing.
Although this skill can be acquired in just a few weeks of active training.
Transcription programs
Many beginners make a serious mistake and start working with improvised programs. For example, open Word and start an audio recording in the player.
Of course, you can work this way, but as my experience has shown, switching between windows and constantly searching for the right moment takes up a lot of time, and the work slows down.
Accordingly, this is a decrease in possible profit.
Personally, I really liked the transcription program Express Scribe, easy to use, free (unless of course you decide to buy the PRO version), the only drawback is the English interface.
But since I only use a few of its functions when transcribing, this does not bother me much. If you wish, you can use a translator and understand the full functionality of the program; I personally did not do this.
A short instruction on using the program.
In fact, to transcribe, you only need three functions of this program: load an audio file into it, start the track, and then calmly type in a text window.
There is a button for adjusting the playback speed, it also helps during operation, since in slower playback you have to go back less often.
Basically similar programs you can find a lot, and many of them are free, most importantly, download from trusted sources so as not to infect your computer with viruses
Whether or not to buy machine transcription software
Of course, the dream of anyone who does transcription is to receive an order, load it into a smart program and then receive, without any effort, a finished text that can be sent to the customer.
On the Internet you can find offers of similar programs that can recognize speech from any audio recording. But here you should be careful, remember, miracles do not happen, and I do not believe that a small group of programmers, or even one genius, could develop such a program.
Let me give you a small example. Each person has a unique voice, in addition to this, there are also intonations, some people pronounce identical letters in different ways, and it’s also worth adding ambient noise.
Yes, we perfectly recognize the speech we hear, but can a computer do this? The answer is no definite, since in its database for audio recognition there must be terabytes of information about how words can sound.
Of course, work in this direction is underway, the only most relevant service that I came across is Google Voice Notepad, but even here you need the correct diction for it to recognize most words, and you need a good microphone.
And what about bad recordings that have to be deciphered during manual transcription; a program that could efficiently translate it into text does not exist.
So, no matter how tempting it may be to buy a machine transcription program, know that a full-fledged option does not yet exist. So it's best not to waste your money.
Even a gigabyte-sized program cannot have a full-fledged speech recognition base. Better buy yourself some good ones vacuum headphones, as my practice has shown, it is much better to work with them, since nothing distracts from work.
Who orders transcription and how?
Transcription is most often ordered by those who deal with interviews, courses, conferences and other similar events.
When, for example, after a lecture all that remains is a recording that needs to be converted into text and then posted on the Internet.
This is exactly the niche where audio transcription is ordered. It is worth noting that customers’ records can be very different quality, as well as the formulation of the task itself.
First and most importantly, you will have to break the text into sentences and add punctuation marks yourself. As stated above, a machine cannot do this.
Second, quite often you need to title who is speaking. Usually these are marks like first and second voice, or simply, man and woman.
Sometimes this requires removing clumsy phrases from the recording, but such orders are quite rare.
Where to look for customers
Of course, any beginner is interested in where to look for customers, since this is one of the fundamental issues in freelancing. Of course, the most reliable place where you can find customers is freelance exchanges.
This is where such orders most often come across. Almost every day, you can come across orders for transcription.
You can also post standard services and advertisements on Internet boards. This will not give results right away, but in the future several customers may contact you.
Most importantly, try to avoid standard expressions such as negotiated price; it is better to describe specifically what you do and for what cost.
How much can you earn by transcribing texts?
Even if you are a beginner, but you good speed printing, then you can start making good money by transcribing texts.
In principle, you can easily make two hours of audio in a day, even of the poorest quality. The average price for one minute of audio-to-text transcription is 10 rubles.
Of course, if the volumes are large and you have a permanent job, then you can agree to 8-9 rubles per minute of audio, but below this cost, you should not even start working, since the time spent will not pay off.
Therefore, if you make two hours of audio a day, you can earn more than 1000 rubles a day. Agree, not at every factory you will be able to receive such a salary.
But working calmly at home is much better. Well, in addition, orders with a small creative component will cost a little more, and accordingly your earnings will increase.
How to avoid unscrupulous customers
In the end, I want to talk about how to avoid unscrupulous customers, since I myself have encountered a similar phenomenon more than once. The Internet is full of “smart guys” who want work done for them for free.
They may be very polite when communicating, but as soon as you send the result, the customer disappears, and you will not see the money earned. These are the kind of customers you need to avoid.
The first sign of an unscrupulous customer is a high order price and a recent registration on the freelance exchange.
Such customers make one-day accounts that simply die after the work is done for them. Therefore, such customers need to either ask for an advance payment, or send the work in parts so that the customer pays for it immediately.
You can also agree with the customer that you send him a text skin, he checks it and pays. After that, you send a text document.
This method will also help you protect yourself from non-payment for work. Remember, if you are working with a client for the first time, you need to be careful not to waste time.
Transcribing audio into text is a simple job that even a beginner can do. The most important thing is to show attention and diligence.
In addition, you can earn no worse from transcription than from copywriting, especially if you are a beginner and do not have your own customer base.
In our modern, eventful world, the speed of working with information is one of the cornerstones achieving success. Our work performance and productivity, and therefore our immediate material wealth, depend on how quickly we receive, create, and process information. Among the tools that can improve our working capabilities, programs for translating speech into text occupy an important place, allowing us to significantly increase the speed of typing the texts we need. In this material I will tell you what popular programs exist for translating audio voice into text, and what their features are.
Most of the currently existing programs for translating voice into text are paid, placing a number of requirements on the microphone (in the case when the program is intended for a computer). It is highly not recommended to work with a microphone built into a webcam, or located in a standard laptop (the quality of speech recognition from such devices is quite low). In addition, it is quite important to have a quiet environment, without unnecessary noise that can directly affect the level of recognition of your speech.
Moreover, most of these programs are capable of not only transforming speech into text on the computer screen, but also using voice commands to control your computer (launching programs and closing them, receiving and sending Email, opening and closing sites, and so on).
Speech to text program
Let's move on to a direct description of programs that can help translate speech into text.
Laitis program
Free Russian-language voice recognition program "Laitis" has good quality speech understanding, and, according to its creators, can almost completely replace the user’s usual keyboard. The program also works well with voice commands, allowing you to perform many actions to control your computer.
For its operation, the program requires that you have high-speed Internet on your PC (the program uses network services voice recognition from Google and Yandex). The program's capabilities also allow you to control using voice commands and your browser, which requires installing a special extension from “Laitis” (Chrome, Mozilla, Opera) on your web navigator.
"Dragon Professional" - transcribing audio recordings into text
At the time of writing of this material digital English product « Dragon Professional Individual" is one of the world leaders in the quality of recognized texts. The program understands seven languages (so far it only works with Russian mobile app"Dragon Anywhere" on and ), has high quality voice recognition, can perform a number of voice commands. Wherein this product has an exclusively paid nature (the price for the main program is 300 US dollars, and for the “home” version of the Dragon Home product the buyer will have to pay 75 US dollars).
To operate, this product from Nuance Communications requires the creation of your own profile, which is designed to adapt the program’s capabilities to the specifics of your voice. In addition to directly dictating text, you can train the program to perform a number of commands, thereby making your interaction with the computer even more congruent and convenient.
"RealSpeaker" - ultra-accurate speech recognizer
The program for transforming voice into text “RealSpeaker”, in addition to the standard functions for programs of this kind, allows you to use the capabilities of your PC’s webcam. Now the program not only reads the audio component of the sound, but also records the movement of the corners of the speaker’s lips, thereby more correctly recognizing the words he pronounces.
"RealSpeaker" reads not only the audio, but also the visual component of the speech process The application supports more than ten languages (including Russian), allows speech recognition taking into account accents and dialects, allows you to transcribe audio and video, gives access to the cloud and much more. The program is shareware, but for the paid version you will have to pay real money.
“Voco” - the program will quickly translate your voice into a text document
Another voice-to-text converter is the paid digital product “Voco”, the price of the “home” version of which is now about 1,700 rubles. More advanced and expensive versions of this program - “Voco.Professional” and “Voco.Enterprise” have a number additional features, one of which is speech recognition from audio recordings available to the user.
Among the features of “Voco” I would like to note the possibility of expanding the program’s vocabulary (now lexicon program includes more than 85 thousand words), as well as its autonomous operation networked, allowing you to be independent of your Internet connection.
Among the advantages of Voco is the high learning curve of the program. The application is turned on quite simply - just press the “Ctrl” key twice. To activate voice input in Gboard, just press and hold the spacebar
The application is absolutely free, supports several dozen languages, including Russian.
Conclusion
Above I have listed programs for translating your audio voice recording into text, described their general functionality and characteristics. Most of these products are usually paid, and the range and quality of Russian-language programs is qualitatively inferior to their English-language counterparts. Special attention When working with such applications, I recommend paying attention to your microphone and its settings - this is important in the process of speech recognition, because a bad microphone can negate even the highest quality software of the type I reviewed.
