Arabic-Whisper Small
Description
Whisper-small-ar is an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model fine-tuned specifically for the Arabic language using the Whisper model architecture. ASR models are designed to convert spoken language into written text. This model has been fine-tuned on the Mozilla Common Voice dataset (version 11.0) to transcribe spoken Arabic speech into textual form.
Key Features
Arabic Language Support: Whisper-small-ar is optimized for recognizing and transcribing the Arabic language accurately. It can handle various Arabic dialects and accents.
Transformer Architecture: The model is built on a powerful Transformer-based encoder-decoder architecture, which has demonstrated state-of-the-art performance in various natural language processing tasks, including ASR.
Fine-tuned for Arabic ASR: The model has undergone a fine-tuning process on a substantial amount of Arabic speech data, making it well-suited for a wide range of ASR applications in Arabic, such as transcription of podcasts, call center recordings, and more.
Open-Source: Whisper-small-ar is open-source and available for use by the research and developer community, facilitating the advancement of ASR technology for the Arabic language.
Compatible with Hugging Face Transformers: You can easily integrate and utilize this model in your ASR projects using the Hugging Face Transformers library.
Use Cases
Whisper-small-ar can be employed in a variety of ASR use cases, including:
Transcription Services: Convert spoken Arabic content, such as audio recordings, podcasts, or videos, into written text for indexing, search, or translation purposes.
Voice Assistants: Enhance voice-activated systems and virtual assistants with accurate Arabic speech recognition capabilities.
Language Processing Applications: Integrate the model into applications involving Arabic language processing, such as sentiment analysis, keyword extraction, and more.
Multilingual ASR: Combine Whisper-small-ar with other multilingual ASR models for applications requiring recognition of multiple languages.
Usage
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline
pipe = pipeline("automatic-speech-recognition", model="ayoubkirouane/whisper-small-ar")
def transcribe(audio):
text = pipe(audio)["text"]
return text
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