


Transcriptionists listen to speech, then write or type what they hear into a written or printed format. There is also a hybrid solution, where speech recognized text is further edited by a human. In each of these applications, transcription and speech recognition could both be used to achieve similar results – but there are pros and cons to both transcription and speech recognition. Speech recognition and transcription have many applications, most prominently used for healthcare documentation, legal document creation or legal proceeding logs, and to create video transcripts for education and entertainment. Speech recognition and transcription can be used to quickly convert spoken words, numbers, or acronyms to text.
