Audio Latency
The delay between when a word is spoken and when it appears as text on the screen.
Audio latency is the primary friction point in voice typing. If latency is higher than 500 milliseconds, users experience a cognitive disconnect that disrupts their train of thought. Cloud transcription tools suffer from inherent network latency (TTFB) and processing delays, often resulting in 3 to 8 seconds of latency. By processing the audio natively on the desktop, CoScript achieves near-zero latency, displaying words instantaneously as they leave your mouth.
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Real-Time Transcription
The ability to convert speech into text instantaneously as words are spoken, with minimal latency.
Edge Computing
Processing data at the network edge, closer to the user, reducing latency and bandwidth requirements.
Word Error Rate (WER)
The standard metric used to measure the accuracy of speech recognition systems.