Google's speech recognition error rate is now under 5% for US English

It's no secret that one of Google's strengths in recent years has been voice recognition. In my own experience, my Google Home picks up what I am trying to say almost every time, even in a low voice. Obviously the success rate varies by language and accent, but it is still pretty darn impressive. At Google I/O 2017, Google revealed that the error rate for the company's speech recognition technology has fallen to just under 5% for US English. This is a 3.6% drop from this time last year.