2. Russian speech to text in IOS
● An IPhone 5s was used for the evaluation
● A native Russian speaker was asked to read a
transcription of a news broadcast into an IPhone 5s,
which she had not previously used.
● The speaker evaluated the performance of the
speech to text software at 95%.
3. Arabic speech to text in Android
● A _______ was used for the evaluation.
● A native Arabic speaker was asked to spontaneously
compose the sentence: “the 9th
Army moved ten
armored divisions across the northern border into
Manchuria” in Arabic and read it into an Android
smartphone’s Arabic speech recognition software.
● The speaker evaluated the performance of the
speech to text software at 95%.
4. Mandarin speech to text in IOS
● An IPhone 5s was used for the evaluation.
● A native Mandarin speaker was asked to spontaneously
compose the sentence: “the 9th
Army moved ten armored
divisions across the northern border in Manchuria” in Mandarin
and read it into an IPhone 5s, which she had not previously used.
● The speaker evaluated the performance of the speech to text
software at 95%.
5. Conclusion: Speech to text software
should be considered as an aid to human
transcription.
