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What I don't understand is why speech-to-text is so bad (on the iPhone at least), and it's related to this editing issue. Text to speech will never be a perfect
by edanm 3y ago
What I don't understand is why speech-to-text is so bad (on the iPhone at least), and it's related to this editing issue. Text to speech will never be a perfect replacement for other forms of text entry, because you're limited in when you can use it. But it's so close to being good.
The main issues are so easy to solve, they're just silly UI issues around editing. You can enter text verbally, it works surprisingly well at understanding what you're saying. But... you can't delete the words you just said if it was wrong. It's literally the first thing you run into - you're transcribing, it gets one word wrong, boom, you're stuck in normal tap-editing-land again. Trying to enter messages while driving? Good luck, unless you can transcribe the message perfectly on the first go, you have to use your hands.
- majewsky 3y agoI believe you mean speech-to-text, not text-to-speech, right?
- edanm 3y agoDoh, Yes, of course. Edited.
- sameerds 3y agoFWIW, I read the corrected comment and still read it as "text-to-speech". Then I saw the replies and scrolled up, and realized that my brain had read it wrong!
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoYou've edited it one of two times!
- edanm 3y agoI'm a dope. And now I can't edit anymore either so it's stuck like this, showing my foolishness to the world in perpetuity :D
- lannisterstark 3y agoFunnily. Speech to text is incredible on pixels and many Samsung phones (S series at least).