Re:Google opens access to its speech recognition API
by jaredhansen on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @05:07PM
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If (for any reasonably probable value of final pricing) the cost of voice recognition is a material factor in determining whether the application is economically feasible, you have larger problems. In other words: if your application's economics are going to swing materially depending on how this is priced, it's probably not going to work out even if they keep it free.
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Re:Google opens access to its speech recognition API
by jimrandomh on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @05:14PM
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Apps can involve users speaking for ten seconds making selections, or an hour getting transcribed. Right now, we don't know the order of magnitude; adding voice interaction to an app could be $.01/user/year or it could be $100/user/year.
Re:Google opens access to its speech recognition API
by jjwiseman on Thursday March 24, 2016 @01:57AM
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It depends. Imagine a hardware device that uses the speech API, and you're looking at the 3 year cost of an average of 5 speech interactions per day (something like the Amazon Echo). Using Nuance pricing of $0.008/request, you're adding 365 * 3 * 5 * $.008 = $43.80 in cost above the BOM cost; It's entirely possible that adding $20 to the BOM is viable, but adding $40 is not.