Transcription
Definition
The process of converting spoken audio into a written text document.
Transcription is the general process of producing a text record of spoken audio. It encompasses everything from live captioning to post-hoc processing of recorded meetings, interviews, lectures, and phone calls. Transcription can be verbatim (capturing every word, filler, and disfluency) or clean (removing filler words and false starts).
ASR-powered transcription has become the standard for most use cases, replacing manual transcription that typically cost $1-3 per audio minute. Modern systems can transcribe audio faster than real-time with accuracy approaching human transcriptionists. Ummless focuses on the dictation use case, where transcription is followed by AI refinement to produce polished output.