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Course Outline

Overview of Speech Recognition Technologies

  • History and evolution of speech recognition.
  • Acoustic models, language models, and decoding.
  • Modern architectures: RNNs, transformers, and Whisper.

Audio Preprocessing and Transcription Basics

  • Handling audio formats and sample rates.
  • Cleaning, trimming, and segmenting audio.
  • Generating text from audio: real-time vs batch processing.

Hands-on with Whisper and Other APIs

  • Installing and using OpenAI Whisper.
  • Calling cloud APIs (Google, Azure) for transcription.
  • Comparing performance, latency, and cost.

Language, Accents, and Domain Adaptation

  • Working with multiple languages and accents.
  • Custom vocabularies and noise tolerance.
  • Handling legal, medical, or technical language.

Output Formatting and Integration

  • Adding timestamps, punctuation, and speaker labels.
  • Exporting to text, SRT, or JSON formats.
  • Integrating transcriptions into apps or databases.

Use Case Implementation Labs

  • Transcribing meetings, interviews, or podcasts.
  • Voice-to-text command systems.
  • Real-time captions for video/audio streams.

Evaluation, Limitations, and Ethics

  • Accuracy metrics and model benchmarking.
  • Bias and fairness in speech models.
  • Privacy and compliance considerations.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of general AI and machine learning concepts.
  • Familiarity with audio or media file formats and tools.

Audience

  • Data scientists and AI engineers working with voice data.
  • Software developers building transcription-based applications.
  • Organisations exploring speech recognition for automation.
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