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Re:Show HN: MP3 to Text by synesthesiam on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:06PM (#24200382)
You may be interested in voice2json for offline batch processing: https://voice2json.org

Here's an example using GNU parallel: http://voice2json.org/recipes.html#parallel-wav-recognition

Re:Show HN: MP3 to Text by remram on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:08PM (#24200415)
Wow this is exactly what I had in mind for "opensource tools for speed-to-text". I didn't know it did this too. Thanks a lot!
Re:Show HN: MP3 to Text by yorwba on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:09PM (#24200438)
> voice2json is optimized for:

> Sets of voice commands that are described well by a grammar

> Commands with uncommon words or pronunciations

> Commands or intents that can vary at runtime

Doesn't sound like what you'd want for a generic transcription service.

Re:Show HN: MP3 to Text by synesthesiam on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:18PM (#24201387)
It supports open-ended transcription too: https://voice2json.org/commands.html#open-transcription

Users have reported good accuracy with the English Deepspeech profile: https://github.com/synesthesiam/voice2json-profiles