Aw: Sidetracked: AI-based writing assistants

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   Sorry, here the missing link, meant to mention the *first tool*, too:
   https://sonix.ai/
   And: Not affiliated to either. :)
   KR



   Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2023 um 13:30 Uhr
   Von: "Nina Barzgaran" <e -dot- dickinson -at- gmx -dot- net>
   An: "Erika Yanovich" <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>
   Cc: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
   Betreff: Aw: Sidetracked: AI-based writing assistants
   Hello Erika,

   you are right. And, since AI is practically the hot topic on every
   channel just now, it's not surprising that people start thinking about
   "technical writing" when you mention AI, tool, and writing in one
   sentence. 'friendly smile'

   I had to actually look at it again now to fully grasp what you are
   driving at, being busy the past couple of days explaining AI+TR. I have
   documented AI and the underlying algortihms' principles and that
   documentation earned a special mention by Gartner in 2019. Thats why:
   I know about the principle that AI (actually: machine leanring
   algorithms combined in an apllication *called* AI) involves.
   I can explain it as is our 'job' as TWs. (Cannot create algorithms
   myself, though.)
   :)
   As regards your question: I can provide an example that makes it even
   clearer: There's a website (not the only one, but this one is reliable
   and was at the time very reasonably priced) that offers AI-based
   speech-to-text capabilities: You can upload videos or audio files or
   provide a video-link to one of the more popular platforms - and it will
   transform the spoken word into text you can then edit right there - or
   download in several formats, such as Word .docx - or subtitle format
   .srt I used it a number of times to do exactly that: Create subtitles
   and perhaps even translate them. Found it very fast and stable.

   Another online tool you may already know is deepl.com: It offers
   AI-based translations that for German to English are *near*-perfect.
   (Am German, with English lit. M.A.) The human always advised to check
   results.

   Hope this helps. :)

   Kind Regards
   Nina




   Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juni 2023 um 07:39 Uhr
   Von: "Erika Yanovich" <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>
   An: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
   Betreff: Sidetracked: AI-based writing assistants
   My original question about tools in this category got completely
   sidetracked right from the beginning and morphed into a discussion
   about AI for tech writing - a new and exciting topic everybody is
   enthusiastic to discuss. However, AI-based writing assistants are
   basically style guide enforcing tools with benefits (think about
   Grammarly and such). The tools are meant for the entire organization to
   enhance writing and not so much for tech writers (except they should
   maintain the style guide). The tools now also offer additional text
   generation capabilities, on top of their main functionality.
   With this in mind, which tool you'd consider or recommend?
   TIA
   Erika
   Original question:
   Hi all,
   We checked a few options a while ago but ended up not buying anything
   at the time. Now, we have another window of opportunity and I guess
   these tools have added text creation capabilities (a la ChatGPT). So
   what is the latest and greatest in this category?
   TIA
   Erika
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