I agree that it's a useful tool, but I disagree that it's unbiased. It is biased by the people or algorithms behind the speech-to-text conversion. For example

I agree that it's a useful tool, but I disagree that it's unbiased. It is biased by the people or algorithms behind the speech-to-text conversion. For example, if you search for "Yawk" you'll see one match, to a park ranger kidding someone from "New Yawk". This transcription was done by a human, which you can tell from how the text does "yeahhh", and how later text is elided or reworded for clarity. That is, around 0:40 the speaker says ".. unusual rock outcroppings. I mean they still attract people.." but the text says ".. unusual rock outcroppings that still attract people". Therefore, I think the transcriptionist used "Yawk" to highlight that the ranger was making a joke about differences in dialect. That said, this bias may be low. I did not know that about coup de grâce. Thanks!