I agree that it&#x27;s a useful tool, but I disagree that it&#x27;s unbiased.<p>It is biased by the people or algorithms behind the speech-to-text conversion.<p>For example, if you search for &quot;Yawk&quot; you&#x27;ll see one match, to a park ranger kidding someone from &quot;New Yawk&quot;. This transcription was done by a human, which you can tell from how the text does &quot;yeahhh&quot;, and how later text is elided or reworded for clarity. That is, around 0:40 the speaker says &quot;.. unusual rock outcroppings. I mean they still attract people..&quot; but the text says &quot;.. unusual rock outcroppings that still attract people&quot;. Therefore, I think the transcriptionist used &quot;Yawk&quot; to highlight that the ranger was making a joke about differences in dialect.<p>That said, this bias may be low.<p>I did not know that about coup de grâce. Thanks!