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Speech recognition APIs lack a common interface

From Why can't ChatGPT Voice set a timer? | Voice AI expert explains · ≈32:55

“changing between one provider to another actually just means like uprooting your entire code base.”

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Explains why swapping speech-recognition APIs breaks your whole codebase
Highlights inconsistent WebSocket setups across speech-to-text providers
Short clip from a side-project dev sharing a technical pain point

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>> that's quite interesting from a sort of technical perspective. Um, I've been building sort of like my own side projects as well. You can switch between different speech recognition APIs. Every single one of these speech recognition APIs, they use a different web socket um setup and web socket interface. So, like changing between one provider to another actually just means like uprooting your entire code base. >> Well, thank you so much for this time. I

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