Re:Show HN: I built an AI language teacher to get you speaking
by willsmith72 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:39AM
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Yep exactly right. Awesome product you're building, I'm sure so many people can get value out of this
Speech recognition is far from perfect but even then it's incredibly useful. It CAN be infuriating (or downright hilarious). Hell, it's infuriating when occasionally a (human!) waiter switches to English after I mangled a sound in Hungarian, even though I'm C1/advanced in the language.
Problem or opportunity? Like someone else pointed out, the limitations of speech-to-text can be turned into an opportunity to improve one's pronunciation. It's getting extremely good for native speakers. As foreign speakers it's a chance to improve.
In any case, I'm sure I can add a layer or two to the code to reduce misunderstandings. This is actually exciting!
p.s. as mentioned in the OP, feedback on pronunciation is planned (actually in the works).