Azure AI Speech vs. IBM Watson Speech to Text

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Speech
Score 8.7 out of 10
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The Azure AI Speech service provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech and speech translation. It provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.N/A
IBM Watson Speech to Text
Score 8.1 out of 10
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IBM Watson Speech to Text supports conversion of audio and voice recordings to text in applications.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
Azure AI SpeechIBM Watson Speech to Text
Likelihood to Recommend
Excellent for voice enabled apps built in security so speech data does not go outside Flexible deployment on the cloud Speech translation in real time scenarios Using customised keywords to activate IoT devices
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It's best for real time transcription and when the meeting is between the two speakers. Word recognition is accurate. Also it's available for various platforms, like cloud, apps, on-premise, API support. Price wise it's much better than other competitors. However, there can be still improvement in filtering noise and improving word accuracy. Language support can be increased further
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Pros
  • Deployment is easy since its available on the cloud.
  • It is directly as a service and no expertise in AI or ML is needed by the development team.
  • Security of data since Azure promises that it does not store the data of the customers that is used by the service.
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  • Low latency Real time meeting transcription
  • Meeting summary
  • Customer call summary
  • Automatic speech recognition
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Cons
  • The software is not user-friendly- it has a complicated interface and requires a lot of training to set up.
  • The pricing is also costly - so for an individual user, not on a company plan, this is not affordable.
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  • More language support
  • Recognize multiple speaker when multiple people are there in meeting
  • AI summary can be improved.
  • can be better in filtering the noise
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Alternatives Considered
Having used both this service and IBM Watson's Text to Speech, I can safely say that IBM's product comes out on top but this is a close call as both products are very good in their own right. That being said, this Azure service lacks some of the extra functionality that can be found in other products such as broader multi-language support. This product is also more costly than some other alternatives which is a con in my opinion. Azure does, however, come out on top in regards to customer support and general support of the product as it is supported by Microsoft which also means that it integrates well with other parts of the Microsoft suite.
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It provides more flexible plans as compared to others. These plans are affordable for Small and medium-scale enterprises. They also offer free trial. IBM Watson has wider integration support with the help of API. It has very low latency in real time transcription. Also there is a formatting feature to Transcribe dates, times, currency etc as per the desired format
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Return on Investment
  • The platform provides solutions for project information and easy management of client contacts.
  • Reliable tools for quick reporting and the predictive data offered are quite relevant.
  • Multiple data migration and easy to schedule through the platform.
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  • Improving productivity
  • Less communication gap
  • better customer services
  • global collaboration made easy.
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