speech-to-text

American  

[speech-tuh-tekst] / ˈspitʃ təˈtɛkst /

Or speech to text

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a computerized, algorithmic process that transcribes a user’s spoken input into digital text, such as a video transcript rendered by auto caption (often used attributively): Speech-to-text technology showed a bias toward certain mainstream accents and dialects in its speech recognition. STT

   Speech-to-text is a great way to send a text when you are driving and can’t pick up your phone.

   Speech-to-text technology showed a bias toward certain mainstream accents and dialects in its speech recognition.

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Etymology

Origin of speech-to-text

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

He suggested it was at the "challenging end for speech-to-text engines to deal with".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

That’s what academic researchers concluded in a recently published analysis of Whisper, an AI-powered speech-to-text tool developed by OpenAI, which can be used to transcribe medical discussions or jailhouse conversations monitored by correction officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

“Doctors are using speech-to-text tools to transcribe patient notes,” says Allison Koenecke, a computer scientist at Cornell University and lead author of the study, which was posted as a preprint to arXiv in February.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2024

We can’t see it during the spoken sections, either, because her words, generated by a speech-to-text application, are piped out of a laptop in a male-sounding voice.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

It consists almost entirely of AI speech-to-text transcripts from recordings made on an iPhone as well as voice messages.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023