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Peter. In answer to your question - I dictate all my things to my iPad (same dog, less hair). I find about the same accuracy as your MacBook. Regards DAve (Baxter)

Thanks for a great video! Very Helpful and relevant to some of my upcoming projects. On the video, your audio has a definite reverb/echo and a slight hiss. I think your recording room is too live and could benefit from some sound absorbing fabrics as wall hangings, seat cushions, etc. I don't know if reverb has any effect on Speech To Text accuracy, but I would definitely watch a follow up video to see if deadening the reverb improved your accuracy.

An interesting video. Thanks. I have been using dictation software for many years to hammer out first drafts (I use Dragon Naturally Speaking). The bulk of the errors as caused by my dictation. I sometimes swallow words or run them together, and no software is going to be super accurate in those circumstances. The other thing I do is change my mind half-way through a sentence. Typically I just carry on and sort things out later (this is first draft remember). So, given my dictation skills and my writing style, the microphone is one of the smallest sources of error. A couple of percent would make little difference to me. Your point is still valid, but people need to layer on their way of using dictation and where the errors creep in.

In a year 6 comments - here's why: Technically you're talking about VOICE TYPING, not speech to text, which is the general category. AND your room is sound-quality HORRID. What you're hearing are ECHOS off the walls. Just think of a canyon and trying to give a speech in it. You'd be better off using a HEADSET but make sure it's CARDIOID pattern and turn the input volume down. Don't even try to use a room mic in that room. I'd add that you should be using a DAW or Video Editor that has these = for the filters - you need a compressor, de-esser, and a decent equalizer. I'd consider a touch of reverb & controlled echo to best effect. At the very least - get up close to that mic. Hope you figured this out a long time ago. :)