Amazon Transcribe can now ID 31 languages from audio so uncultured swines don't have to

While Microsoft has added audio transcription to the premium edition of Word Online, cloud arch-rival Amazon has switched on the ability to identify languages in audio. Amazon Transcribe has been around since 2017, and the book-shifter-turned-cloud-vendor has since added support for 31 languages, including six that can be …

[PhilipN]

31 is a good start.

But when will I be able to use it to convert what I say to my wife from English into Wifespeak?

[sabroni]

Re: convert what I say to my wife from English into Wifespeak?

I miss the seventies too.

But not enough to try and drag humour back there.

[PhilipN]

Re: convert what I say to my wife from English into Wifespeak?

Didn't you know, retro is coming back?

[Charlie Clark]

Re: convert what I say to my wife from English into Wifespeak?

Miscommunication between men and women is eternal. It's been well-researched and, even though cultural factors play a large role, there are still innate differences. YMMV but pretending otherwise is at least disingenuos if not downright patronising. I'm constantly having to apologise to SWMBO for not being telepathic, ie. for knowing what she meant to say instead of listening to what she did say.

[sabroni]

Re: It's been well-researched

Has it? There's certainly been a lot written about it.

That isn't the same thing.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: 31 is a good start.

Wifespeak is easy. All statements translate to "Yes dear."

[Charlie Clark]

People will pay for accuracy

At our local Python sprint last year one of the teams was working with Transcribe. The results were promising but not good enough for general use. Obviously, Amazon has been collecting training data via Alexa for years but this is mainly going to be on household subjects. Nuance/Dragon has decades of specialised data: I remember installing Dragon Naturally Speaking for a customer over 20 years ago and accuracy wasn't bad then.

[Soupault]

In the interest of culture, I would like to point out that the plural form of “swine” is “swine.”