by Jukka Ihatsu | Sep 25, 2024
The role of subtitling and transcription in the accessibility of audiovisual material The accessibility of audio and video materials has become a central theme in the production and distribution of digital content, especially since the European Union’s...
by Jukka Ihatsu | Sep 11, 2024
Word Error Rate reveals the accuracy of the speech recognition system Word Error Rate (WER) is a commonly used measure to evaluate the accuracy of speech recognition systems. WER measures how many errors a speech recognition system makes when converting speech to...
by Jukka Ihatsu | Aug 30, 2024
New editor view for Spoken’s customer account We have added a new function to the Spoken TOOL customer account, which makes it easier to edit subtitles and transcripts received from us. Whether it’s made by professionals or subtitles or transcripts...
by Jukka Ihatsu | Aug 15, 2024
Transcription – What is it and why is it needed? In transcription, the audio or video recording is converted into text. It is used for example with interviews, meetings, trials and podcasts. With the help of transcription, the audio file is turned into an...
by Suvi Glasbergen | Aug 12, 2024
Subtitles as a tool for humour Subtitles are really noticeable in conveying information and they increase the number of series and films people can watch, not to mention teaching you about languages and broadening the target audience. With the help of subtitles, a lot...
by Suvi Glasbergen | May 20, 2024
Legal transcription Transcription in general is the writing of recordings or videos into text. Legal transcription, on the other hand, means the same process, but it applies only to recordings of legal proceedings. They require special precision. In this article, I...
