Man constantly creates all new ways,to make your life more comfortable and convenient. It manifests itself in everything - everyday life, everyday life, work. One of the latest innovations was the voice input, which was actively used by users around the world.
What it is?
Voice input is a kind of replacement for standard input from the keyboard. Data is received using the device's microphone, converted and displayed as plain text.
This technology is especially relevant for people with disabilities or those who constantly have to work with large volumes of text. As a rule, these are copywriters, writers, translators.
Means for voice input
To recognize speech and convert it into text, special software is used. And among its leaders, you can note the funds from the Internet giants Google and Yandex.
Voice input "Google" is integrated in almostall company products. This includes search, the Google Chrome browser, the Android operating system, Google Docs. This is very convenient - having learned to use voice input in one technology, you can successfully apply it in another.
"Android"
Voice input in this operating systemis available "out of the box" in many versions. You can activate it through the "Language and keyboard" or "Language and input" settings menu. After that, practically in all places where there is text input, be it an SMS or text editor, a microphone icon will appear. Clicking on it will start the recording process, after which the system will take some time to recognize and return the result.
It should be noted that this functionality on some recent versions of "Android" is available and offline. True, for this you will need to download a small archive for the required language.
Another important point - if the user is not satisfied with the regular voice input, you can always install a third-party.
Google Chrome and Google Docs
Voice input on your computer is available withGoogle Chrome. Just like in the OS "Android", when you visit the site "Google", in the search bar you can see the microphone icon. It allows you to record a sound and search for the desired object on the network, without entering from the keyboard.
A more extended version is used inonline document service Google Docs. In addition to typing, you can use the functions to move through it, formatting, changing the tables. In general, everything that can be done by classical means of input - a keyboard or mouse.
"Yandex"
"Yandex" does not have such a large setplatforms on which you could use voice input. Therefore, while it is presented in the products "Search", "Talk" and "Translator". Also navigators from Yandex are able to recognize speech and talk with the user.
"Search" can be found in "Yandex Browser".Here it is built-in by default and acts similar to Chrome. The technology is based on the company's own development, which is also available for commercial needs in the form of Speech.Kit. By connecting it to your project, you can use an unlimited number of requests for recognition. However, this service is paid.
Other products
In addition to voice input fromInternet giants, there are other free developers actively developing and promoting the presented technology. Some are implemented in the form of online services (for example, speechpad.ru, august4u.ru, bestfree.ru), and some are full-fledged applications, with the ability to install on a computer (speechka, realspeaker).
Despite the fact that free developers have slightly less resources, their solutions work just as well. And sometimes they use the Google API at all.
Advantages and disadvantages
Voice input on a computer has its significant advantages and disadvantages:
- This is undoubtedly convenient. Hands can be free during operation, and also increases the speed of recruitment, and with it increases productivity.
- In mobile versions of voice means you can work with the device without interrupting, for example, from driving.
- In addition, voice input programs make it possible to stop using the inconvenient miniature keyboard of the operating system, which undoubtedly affects the quality and speed of input.
Of the minuses can be noted the increased requirements formicrophone quality. It must be the most sensitive. And the recognition algorithm itself does not always work as we would like. Extraneous noise and interference can cause a malfunction, and, as a result, errors in the text. In any case, you will have to edit it after dialing. So you need to dictate the text carefully and clearly. And this increases the set time.
Finally
Voice input technology is constantlybeing improved. Increasingly, you can meet people who are talking with your smartphone, watch or computer. Voice input is actively used in the design and production of smart homes and other related solutions based on the interaction of devices with users.
Perhaps, in the future, the technology will come to a more perfect form when it begins to recognize speech with a high level of accuracy, regardless of noise and interference.
