"Speechify has largely been a tool that helps you listen to articles, PDFs, and documents. The company is now adding voice detection features to its Chrome extension, including voice typing and a voice assistant that answers your questions. In the last 12 months, there has been a proliferation of voice detection tools, thanks to overall quality improvement in speech recognition models."
"In my short test of just more than a day, I felt there was a lot of room for improvement in Speechify's tool. For instance, the tools work fine with Gmail and Google Docs, but on sites like WordPress, I have had difficulty in triggering the voice dictation and having it work well. The company said that it is adding optimization for popular sites gradually."
"We believe that chat will always be the default user experience in ChatGPT and Gemini when you open the apps. That's what their users expect. Voice will always be secondary - and in many cases, an afterthought for ChatGPT and Gemini. We know from several years of building Speechify that there's a large portion of the market, which includes our users, who want voice as the"
Speechify added voice detection to its Chrome extension, including English dictation that corrects errors and removes filler words, plus a conversational voice assistant in the browser sidebar. The dictation integrates with Gmail and Google Docs, but struggles on some sites such as WordPress, prompting ongoing optimization for popular platforms. Initial accuracy showed a higher word-error rate than competitors like Wispr Flow, Willow, and Monologue, though the model is said to improve with continued use. The assistant can answer questions about webpages and simplify or extract key ideas. The company positions voice as primary user experience rather than a secondary feature.
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