Not sure, but they do certainly have a reasonably large server farm for doing processing :)
I note that sphinx4 I believe has a java example for doing dictation transcription from an audio file (saw something on a sphinx forum or mailing list while trawling the net). I'm still investigating modifications to use pocketsphinx. Regards Kirk 2009/8/11 João Mesquita <[email protected]> > I am sorry for the ignorance on the matter, but how does google voice does? > Do they also have humans? > > jmesquita > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Kirk Bateman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm still interested in getting pocketsphinx to attempt speech recognition >> on an audio file. >> >> To be honest, most of the problem is that at 8Khz (mobile phone call >> rate), speech detection is NOT very accurate, at 16Khz it IS significantly >> better. >> >> I'm planning to have a play with the speechtools module and >> mod_pocketsphinx etc to try and get an audio file parsed, spare time >> permitting. >> >> Will let the list know if I get anywhere. >> >> Regards >> >> Kirk Bateman >> >> >> 2009/8/11 David Knell <[email protected]> >> >> Hi Pete, >>> >>> I'm afraid that the answer's still the same: use a human. Here's an >>> article describing the state of the art: >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/05/spinvox_demo_day/ >>> - the links to previous stories at the bottom provide good background. >>> >>> --Dave >>> >>> > I apologize, I should have been more clear. We will be using humans >>> > to scan the translated results. But we are looking for a system to >>> > perform the "first pass" on the audio to hopefully help the human type >>> > less. >>> > >>> > Although the question has been raised if it's faster to have a human >>> > just transcribe the whole thing, or fix up what the computer spit out. >>> > If you have any insights on this, that would be great. >>> > >>> > -pete >>> > >>> > -------- Original Message -------- >>> > Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] VoiceMail transcription >>> > From: David Knell <[email protected]> >>> > Date: Mon, August 10, 2009 11:51 am >>> > To: [email protected] >>> > >>> > Good evening Pete, >>> > >>> > The only way to do this is, I'm afraid, to use a human. We use >>> > Amazon's >>> > Mechanical Turk to good effect. >>> > >>> > Cheers -- >>> > >>> > Dave >>> > >>> > > Good morning all, >>> > > >>> > > I realize this is slightly off the FS topic, but I am >>> > wondering if >>> > > anyone out there has experience with software packages >>> > designed for >>> > > the transcription of voicemails to text. I've used >>> > pocketsphinx with >>> > > FS to handle IVR menus, but now have the task of figuring >>> > out how to >>> > > convert recorded phone conversations (voicemails mostly) to >>> > text. >>> > > >>> > > This does not have to be a real-time process, I can store >>> > the audio >>> > > files and process them over time. This would need to be a >>> > software >>> > > (preferable open source) solution. ASPs like VoiceCloud >>> > would not >>> > > work for this application. >>> > > >>> > > Thanks for any help >>> > > -pete >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list >>> > > [email protected] >>> > > >>> > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users >>> > > >>> > UNSUBSCRIBE: >>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users >>> > > http://www.freeswitch.org >>> > -- >>> > David Knell, Director, 3C Limited >>> > T: +44 20 3298 2000 >>> > E: [email protected] >>> > W: http://www.3c.co.uk >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users >>> > UNSUBSCRIBE: >>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users >>> > http://www.freeswitch.org >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users >>> > UNSUBSCRIBE: >>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users >>> > http://www.freeswitch.org >>> -- >>> David Knell, Director, 3C Limited >>> T: +44 20 3298 2000 >>> E: [email protected] >>> W: http://www.3c.co.uk >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users >>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users >>> http://www.freeswitch.org >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users >> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users >> http://www.freeswitch.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users > UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users > http://www.freeswitch.org > >
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