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Re:Universal Speech Model by 8f2ab37a-ed6c on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:15PM (#35367453)
Whisper is incredible, and it's bananas that they give it away for free. It is able to decipher English with the thickest of accents, often better than me.
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Re:Universal Speech Model by abraxas on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:22AM (#35367943)
No, no it isn't.

Source, me with my Eastern Europe accent. There are engines out there that do far better with my accent. FAR better.

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Re:Universal Speech Model by 8f2ab37a-ed6c on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:36AM (#35368030)
That wasn’t my experience, but that’s an interesting data point, thanks for sharing.
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