Okay for the price- UPDATED REVIEW
Streamr accomplishes its purpose. But the set up isn't easy as they claim it to be on their website. I was finding myself looking at their help center page multiple times to solve the errors I was getting when trying to transcribe a video. Luckily, they had a help center and actual steps on how to solve these errors, but it wasn't as simple as clicking next.
It isn't explicitly mentioned that you are required to create a Google Cloud account for the Streamr to work at all. If you don't thoroughly read the comments on here or their website, you won't be aware of this. Although you need a Google Cloud account for this software to work, I did find it was affordable compared to competitors if you don't plan to use it at a large scale. But isn't clear how much it will cost to use Google Cloud after their 90-day trial/$300 credit. Another thing to note is that the software writes and stores all the transcription data in a bucket (Google Cloud storage) which I don't even know how much will cost me to have.
The interface of the software is easy to use and get a hang of. The subtitle customization is limited, but enough to get the job done. An inconvenience I noticed is that the Streamr doesn't have an option to remember your email or password when starting up the program after a boot, so you need to retype your email and password every time you boot up your computer and want to use Streamr. I also think it would be nice to have an option to customize the number of lines and characters you would like per caption.
Overall Streamr is a helpful tool with about 89% accuracy in the transcription. It significantly reduces the time needed to be spent transcribing a video manually. Transcription results though, isn't provided through Streamr as it is coming from Google's own speech-to-text AI which is also found on YouTube auto captions. For the price that it is being offered Streamr is ok.
Pros:
-Easy to use
- Improves transcription and subtitling speed using Google AI
-Affordable, but not sure of the Google Cloud storage costs in the long term
Cons:
- Limited subtitle customization
-No options to customize the number of characters and lines per caption
-Set up isn't plug and play
-Requires Google Cloud account
-No remember email/password, session expires and requires that you login after each boot
-No project management, there's no bulk delete or the ability to rename a project unless you open it
Ezzaky_AWS
May 9, 2024Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to review Streamr.
The setup process is really simple, we do offer step by step videos and an extensive knowledge base with all the required steps.
Our 24/7 customer support is also here to help.
Regarding the pricing, i can assure that for normal users, STREAMR is the cheapest on the market and can be free forever, please find below examples:
> https://help.vidtoon.com/help-center/articles/62/64/174/after-the-free-300usd-credits
Streamr functions using Text to Speech, Video Translation, and Speech to Text APIs. Google Cloud offers an initial 300 USD credits free to use.
Once the free 300 USD credits are used in Streamr, you will be charged for the following:
1, Speech to text:
0 USD for up to 60min per MONTH; after that
0,03 USD per min (this is after the 1 hour free per month)
2, Translation:
First 500,000 characters FREE per month
500,000 to 1 billion characters per month 20USD
3, Text to speech cost:
Standard: 0 to 4 million characters FREE per month - Then $4.00 USD / 1 million characters
Wavenet: 0 to 1 million characters FREE per month - Then $16.00 USD / 1 million characters
Finally, we have just released the below features:
The long awaited and most frequently asked feature is now LIVE and we are thrilled to present it to you.
Streamr now supports :
🔉Audio Translation and Transcription
📎Export captions/subtitles in VTT and XML
📄Ability to import your own SRT file
🔧UI Updates
You request and we deliver 🙌. Make sure to download the new updated Streamr software from your membership area if you're part of Streamr community.
For our new customers, check the link below to know more about the amazing features Streamr offer and join our growing family:
📌 www.vidtoon.com/streamr
We are still working on improving Streamr by adding more features:
📌https://trello.com/b/Fb2OODYH/streamr-roadmap
Contact us via support@vidtoon.com for your feature request!