What is STT?

Speech to text; used interchangeably with ASR.

Speech-to-text is the same task as ASR and the terms are used interchangeably. 'STT' tends to appear in product and API naming, 'ASR' in research and telecoms.

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ASR

Automatic Speech Recognition — turning speech into text.

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The written record of what was said.

Diarization

Working out who spoke when.

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What is STT?

Terms that come up alongside it

ASR

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Diarization

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