Acurracy of ASR Software in Bulgarian Language and its Application in Journalism

The following research study presents Automatic speech recognition (ASR) software in Bulgarian language and its practical use in media production for decrypting live broadcasts. AI and human typists transcribed several live broadcasts aired by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). After that, professional editors compared both texts according to several criteria - time to decrypt, accuracy in grammar and word recognition. A comparison was made about what time it takes a professional Web editor to adapt human and AI generated text. Recommendations are made on how to improve both ASR and journalistic approach.