Thursday, 30 October 2014 12:24

"Yandex" has started the speech recognition service

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The new service of the Russian search engine was named "Yandex. Dictation". Application that enables you to translate speech into text, was represented at the Conference by Yet Another Conference in Moscow.

The technology enables voice input using

the activation commandYandex, write ". Reported using the service, users will be able to recruit, for example, SMS, emails or comments on social networks.

"Yandex. Dictation" works by using three new features of speech recognition technology developed by the company. These functions provide voice activation, the application is responsible for punctuation and synthesis.

Сервис "Яндекс,Диктовка"

At the end of the dictation, you can hear the result of transcribing and, if necessary, edit it using special commands. For example, "Delete the last phrase" or "Erase the last sentence". As the developers say, the result would be the same, since the editing function of semantic objects makes it possible to use a standard, and not arbitrary commands. After writing the saved text can be converted back to speech.

At first, "Yandex. Dictation" will work in demo mode. So far, only the application can download mobile devices running on Android, the online store of Yandex. Store. Later authors intend to release a version for iOS and Windows Phone.

Source: Yandex


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