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Amazon Transcribe vs. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text

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    Amazon Transcribe

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Transcribe uses a deep learning process called automatic speech recognition (ASR) to convert speech to text quickly and accurately. Amazon Transcribe can be used to transcribe customer service calls, to automate closed captioning and subtitling, and to generate metadata for media assets to create a searchable archive. Amazon Transcribe Medical can be added to provide medical speech to text capabilities to clinical documentation applications.

    $0

    per second

    Google Cloud Speech-to-Text

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASpeech-to-Text on Google Cloud is a tool used to convert speech into text using an API powered by Google’s AI technologies. The vendor states users can transcribe content in real time or from stored files; deliver a better user experience in products through voice commands; and, gain insights from customer interactions to improve service.

    $0.02

    per min

    Pricing
    Amazon TranscribeGoogle Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Editions & Modules
    Custom Language Model
    $0.0001
    per second
    Standard Pricing
    $0.0004
    per second
    Automatic Content Redaction
    $0.0004
    per second
    Transcribe Medical
    $0.00125
    per second
    Speech-to-Text V2 API
    $0.016
    per min
    Speech-to-Text V1 API
    $0.024
    per min
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon TranscribeGoogle Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSpeech-to-Text V1 API V1 offers data residency for multi region only. Models include short, long, phone call, and video. V1 does not include audit logging. New customers get $300 in free credits and 60 minutes for transcribing and analyzing audio free per month, not charged against your credits. Speech-to-Text V2 API V2 offers data residency for multi and single region. Models include short, long, telephony, video, and Chirp. V2 does include audit logging and support for customer managed encryption keys.
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    Amazon TranscribeGoogle Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Transcribe
    I use Google Cloud Speech to Text and Amazon Transcribe. What makes Amazon Transcribe better for me is the accuracy of the audio-to-text conversion. I have found out that Amazone Transcribe is better at handling homophones, contractions, abbreviations, and acronyms. Another …
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    Google
    Chose Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
    The accuracy of Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is much better than any other tool. It has better API integration with 3rd party tools. The transcription is on at real-time basis with the best efficiency. It has good language support from across the globe. It provides better noise …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Google Cloud Speech-to-Text shows an impressive ROI with increased efficiency, time savings, accuracy, speed, productivity, customer satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
    One major setback is the integration of multiple languages, where Google has support for more than 120 languages, and Amazon only supports approximately 30 languages. Regarding the transcription behaviour, Google Translate is very accurate, but Amazon Translate sometimes spells …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is more recommended by clients and also based on our research, we found that this is the best option for our application.
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    Amazon TranscribeGoogle Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon TranscribeGoogle Cloud Speech-to-Text
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    So, I've had scenarios like when I collaborate with a team where the people are from around the world. So, I used it there, and we spoke to each other in their native language. That boosts everyone's confidence in our collaborative efforts. I've also utilized its model and the API in my projects, including a Virtual assistant and a multilingual application that allows us to learn languages from around the world. We tested it with a group of 12 people, and that's when it failed. I mean, it's not a failure, but it can't detect every person.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
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    Google
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • It was not easy to bring Amazon Transcribe to life, but kudos to the vendor for the free support they offered.
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    Google
    • Integration outside of the google eco system is challenging here.
    • Google Cloud Speech-to-Text works only with active internet connection if the internet bandwidth is low it effect the transcription process and can lead to data inaccuracy.
    • In terms of the pricing also this is at higher range which all the companies cannot afford like small scale organisation if they would like to use the tool they would look over the price to make the decision. Reducing the price can increase the product usage more
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
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    Google
    The reasoning behind my 10 is that the UI is very intuitive; I didn't require any formal training to use it. Google's speech-to-text is not just a conversion tool; it helps automate mundane tasks, saves time, and has an almost human-like understanding.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
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    Google
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Cost reductions in KYC automating our video approvals.
    • Better customer service.
    • A good base for building new products and services around speech to text.
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    Google
    • It reduced our budget for assistants who transcribed files manually
    • It speeds up the process, because we can have a transcriptions straight after the interviews
    • It increased accuracy, because AI makes the transcriptions for every second, and you can find the words which were said at specific time.
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    ScreenShots

    Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Screenshots

    Screenshot of audio transcription creation -  Using the Speech-to-Text API from within the Cloud Console by creating an audio transcription is done in just a few steps. It can transcribe short, long, and streaming audio.Screenshot of creating subtitles for videos using AI -  Transcriptions with captions and subtitles can be added to existing content or in real time to streaming content. Google's video transcription model can be used for indexing or subtitling video and/or multispeaker content and uses similar machine learning technology as YouTube does for video captioning.Screenshot of adding Speech-to-Text to apps - The video pictures covers how to add AI to an application without extensive machine learning model experience. The pretrained Speech-to-Text API lets users enable AI for applications.Screenshot of Language, speech, text, and translation with Google Cloud API - The pictures displays a section of Google training course, where learners use the Speech-to-Text API to transcribe an audio file into a text file, translate with the Google Cloud Translation API, and create synthetic speech with Natural Language AI.