DeepGram - Search engine for speech

@rdyazdi Thanks Rudy! What would you use it for?

@imranghory We definitely can expose the transcript (there's a DeepGram API call for that), but the error rate in the transcript is highly dependent on the input audio quality (better quality audio has better transcripts, phone calls in noisy cars don't). However, our analysis techniques don't rely solely on the transcript being perfect, which is a feature that really sets us apart—especially for medium to poor quality audio. On prediction: We've built AI prediction layers to do what you are mentioning (predicting outcomes) but we don't rely on the text in the transcript being perfect, we build it on top of our fuzzy key phrase search. Contact us if you need that sort of thing!

@stephensonsco our current dataset is recorded phone calls in mp3 so the greatest, most models that are trained on phone data (i.e. dealing with narrowband) fail on our data due to the lossy compression on mp3. We're looking at switching to uncompressed call recording though. What's the pricing structure for search and the API ?

@imranghory @stephensonsco We'd be happy to talk about our pricing and set up a demo for your call audio! Shoot us a quick message at deepgram.com/contact and we'll be in touch.

@jay_bee12345 We're also very interested in multiple languages (right now it's only English) As for 2), you should check out mashily.com (our mashup generator) if you want to use the search to make a great voicemail sound clip. Reply with the URL if you make a mashup!

@noajshu You are revealing our secret plot to index the world. :-P

@nj_raju I know right?! This is something we want to add soon. Getting it working on different platforms while not frustrating users is a challenge, though.

@iamhabitat Hey Ben! Thanks for the feedback. Are you searching on our homepage? That demo is only for searching within that single creative commons video about the Hoover Dam—we don't yet provide search that is akin to Google for Audio/Video (but we certainly work on it). You can search through other files files (YouTube videos, your own recorded memos, things like that) by creating an account and uploading them to the DeepGram console. Let us know if you have more feedback (also, we have a slack channel—https://www.hamsterpad.com/chat/...!)

@marketplicity We'll check this out right away. What's the YouTube URL? You can also drop us a line at https://www.deepgram.com/contact with any problems. Thanks for letting us know!

@ourielohayon I totally agree! Which platforms would you want to search on?

@abe_storey We might be able to. What kind of product analysis are you looking for?

@stephensonsco What's your email? I'll dm you more.

@abe_storey @stephensonsco Reach out to contact -at- deepgram -dot- com

@abe_storey @stephensonsco Or just leave us a note at deepgram.com/contact :)

@noajshu thanks! I'll be in touch soon.

@topcities Sorry that it's annoying. There is only a single video to search through as a demo and 'apple' isn't mentioned in the video. You can upload videos from YouTube or your personal audio/video stash by creating an account and dropping it into the console. Let us know how that goes for you!

@stephensonsco The technology is cool. With better messaging on the site I think you'd increase your signup and engagement rates a lot.

@topcities @stephensonsco Thanks! Do you have any tips for improving our messaging?

@noajshu @stephensonsco Sure. 1. Don't make users sign up before trying it. Let users play with it a bit then ask them to register. 2. The video demo has many usability issues. The search box insinuates a user can search for a video, not text within the video. The pink buttons feel like they let users paginate to the next video search result. Might be better if you just made a video explaining the value proposition right above the fold. 3. I didn't realize there was more stuff below the video, because I got stuck at the video section and left shortly after because I didn't really get it right away. 4. The slogan didn't hook me because I didn't get it right away. I was just scanning so probably that's the reason. Perhaps make it even simpler for the average joe to get it. Something like "Search through speech within videos" might be easier to understand. You can always explain in more detail later after the user is hooked.