> > > Rather than using Google doc's speech-to-text dictation as a way of
> > getting
> > > a transcript of what was said by people in a meeting, a better approach
> > > might be some sort of accessibility setting in Android that does
> > real-time
> > > voice to text transcripts (and is also capable of identifying once
> voice
> > > from another - so it shows dialog, instead of a wall of text).
> > So, what Thaths was suggesting has been released finally by Google, and
> I'm
> > able to use it effectively in internal office meetings.
> >
> >
> >
> https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/02/real-time-continuous-transcription-with.html
> >
> > It does well on most Engish transcribing and Kannada as well. A game
> > changer application!
> >
>
> I saw a demo of it some months ago and I was very impressed. But I could
> not previously talk about it publicly. Which is why I described the
> behavior in general terms and did not mention that it was being worked on
> and coming out sometime.
>
> I am very happy to hear it is working for you, Bharat. I know the PM for
> this feature. I will drop him a note about this. He will be happy to hear
> it.
>
> Read about this when it came out, and am waiting to hear back from friends
with disabilities.
I am waiting for when it becomes available for desktop, for those few of us
who don't use smart phones and apps. I know it would be a huge timesaver
for me as a journalist who does a lot of interviews and spends a lot of
time procrastinating about transcribing and then getting down to the bloody
thing,
