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Re:Ask HN: How to transcribe 1000s of handwritten notes by neverokay on Sunday June 02, 2024 @01:00PM (#40555572)
I’d add that I had better luck using smaller chunks (about 20 seconds) per wav file for accuracy. Whisper seems to go berserk if you pump in lengthy audio (30+ seconds).

I’d be tempted to at least try breaking down the notes into one line long images (about a sentence) each and give it ago with Gemini. I haven’t tested their ocr, but even if it has errors, I bet you could just ask Gemini again to best fix the sentence.

Re:Ask HN: How to transcribe 1000s of handwritten notes by IanCal on Thursday June 06, 2024 @07:37AM (#40596225)
Whisper works on 30s chunks iirc. You need to use something that's automatically splitting up your input if it's longer.