FEATURE
phone was doing exceptionally accurate text-to-speech
transcription, live, and entirely on-device. It was even
smart enough to put in full stops between sentences.
Of course, there’s no magic hardware in the Pixel
4 to enable this feat. It’s just software, and it’s even
coming to older Pixel phones.
Apple’s dictation feature (tap the microphone on
the keyboard) is a handy way to input text almost
anywhere, but it’s slow and inaccurate enough that
most people don’t bother. To Apple’s credit, it does
work without a network connection. But it can’t keep
up with a normal talking pace, and it doesn’t do a
very good job of making a sentence (with proper
punctuation) out of your string of words.
Apple should step up its game here. Make the
dictation dramatically faster and more accurate
Google’s live
transcription is
impressive, but
there’s no reason
Apple couldn’t
do this on most
modern iPhones
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phonewasdoingexceptionallyaccuratetext-to-speech
transcription,live,andentirelyon-device.Itwaseven
smartenoughtoputinfullstopsbetweensentences.
Ofcourse,there’snomagichardwareinthePixel
4 toenablethisfeat.It’sjustsoftware,andit’seven
comingtoolderPixelphones.
Apple’sdictationfeature(tapthemicrophoneon
the keyboard)isahandywaytoinputtextalmost
anywhere,butit’sslowandinaccurateenoughthat
mostpeopledon’tbother.ToApple’scredit,itdoes
workwithoutanetworkconnection.Butitcan’tkeep
upwithanormaltalkingpace,anditdoesn’tdoa
verygoodjobofmakingasentence(withproper
punctuation)outofyourstringofwords.
Appleshouldstepupitsgamehere.Makethe
dictationdramaticallyfasterandmoreaccurate
Google’s live
transcription is
impressive, but
there’s no reason
Apple couldn’t
do this on most
modern iPhones
