Will Google Voice be free in 2013
Lavarock7:
Quote from: Rick on November 07, 2012, 04:40:30 am
As far as Google's voice to text capability, I agree that transcription of voicemails leaves a lot to be desired. I love the feature that puts the voicemail file as an attachment I can listen to on my Smartphone though.
It's interesting, because on an Android phone Google's voice is amazingly accurate, i.e. speaking a text message or email, or issuing commands. Untrained by the way. Too bad it doesn't work near that well for voicemail transcription.
If I was Google and wanted to better the translation, I would not wait for people to sign up for GoogleVoice and then try to get them to call people and let me translate the call. Rather, I would find a way to put a translator in every users hand and get them to train the system to their voice... oh wait!
giqcass:
Google Voice translation of voicemail can be poor at times. I've seen threads dedicated to incorrect but funny translations. Sometimes very amusing. It's usually close enough that I know what I need to know. That was very nice when I was using a text only device.
I think there are two reasons why Google translates better on Android. The audio quality is better because it has not been compressed, distorted, or encoded in any way. Number two when you are leaving a message for a person you talk normally but when you speak to your phone you enunciate more because you know you are talking to a machine. I happily donate many messages to Google to improve translation capabilities. I hear the biggest problem for most voice translation software is from Scottish people.
We are a little off topic I guess. :P
lhm.:
To the OP; NO
Mazal:
John Boyle's comments are ridiculous. GV IS currently free for making and receiving calls in the US. Calls abroad are mostly cheaper than what competitors charge.
If Google makes money as a result of people using GV (through advertising or otherwise) then kudos to Google for their business model.
Rick:
Quote from: Mazal on November 10, 2012, 09:27:35 am
John Boyle's comments are ridiculous. GV IS currently free for making and receiving calls in the US. Calls abroad are mostly cheaper than what competitors charge.
If Google makes money as a result of people using GV (through advertising or otherwise) then kudos to Google for their business model.
If you meant John Bowler's comments, he made them 4 months ago...
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