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Donate your voicemails to help improve transcription

DPic [PersonRank 10]

Friday, December 11, 2009
14 years ago2,759 views

http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-improve-transcription-quality.html

mbegin [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

<< There are many variables that influence the quality of transcripts, from background noise, to caller accent, to connection quality, and more. Having a pool of messages that can be used to gauge accuracy is very useful in that respect.

And this is where you can help by "donating" some of your voicemail messages. Until now, the only feedback you could give was to let us know if the quality of the transcript was good enough to be useful or not, by checking the corresponding box next to the message. You can now go one step further by letting us figure out why it was good or bad. When you rate a transcript, you will be asked whether you would like to donate the message...

The messages you donate may be listened to, manually transcribed by us and/or used to gauge transcription improvements over time, but they will never be made public or used for any other purpose than improving the transcription quality.

And if you're feeling generous, you can go back to old messages you previously rated and donate those, too! >>

Wouter Schut [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Cool!

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