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So this was very, very exciting until I realized you have to be using Google Cloud Platform to sign up for the preview. Unfortunately all of my stuff is in AWS
by BinaryIdiot 11y ago
So this was very, very exciting until I realized you have to be using Google Cloud Platform to sign up for the preview. Unfortunately all of my stuff is in AWS and I could move it over but I'm not going (far too much hassle to preview an API I may not end up using, ultimately).
Regardless this is still very exiting. I haven't found anything that's as good as Google's voice recognition. I only hope this ends up being cheap and accessible outside of their platform.
- Matt3o12_ 11y agoI think you just need to register for the Google cloud and can then use the service as you want it. There is probably an advantage if you upload it directly from a Google VM (no costs for uploading from a Google service/very low latency) but it would surprise me if you have to have a Google VM. I can after all upload files to S3 and googles cloud storage even if I host the application on my hardware.
- oaktowner 11y agoI don't think there's any requirement that you use Google Compute Engine in order to use this API. Yes, you sign up for an account, but of course you have to sign up for an account to use it. This API is part of the platform. Similarly, you can use the Google Translate API without using Compute Engine, App Engine, etc. Note: I work for Google (but not on any of these products).
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoAh that makes sense. It gave me the impression I had to run my services on there. I don't know if I'm the only person to screw that up or not. Thanks for clearing that up!