Study Says Speech-to-Text Is 3 Times Faster Than Typing On Your Phone

Speech recognition software has struggled to match the precision of typing. But over the last few years, thanks to deep learning and big data collection, those programs have improved dramatically. A new study from Stanford put the two competing interface methods to the test and found that it's now a lot faster to dictate your prose to your phone rather than typing it. In the study, volunteers were asked to either type or speak 100 phrases. The experiment was conducted in both English and Mandarin Chinese.