Do you want to put your automatic speech recognition model to the test using the LibriSpeech dataset? You’ve landed on the right page! In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the steps to evaluate your model effortlessly. Let’s dive in!

Prerequisites

• Python installed on your system
• Access to the Hugging Face Transformers library
• Installation of essential packages such as `datasets` and `soundfile`

Step-by-Step Guide

To evaluate your model, follow these steps:

1. Load the LibriSpeech Dataset

First, you need to load the necessary dataset from Hugging Face. This is akin to opening a book before you start reading it. Here’s how you do it:

from datasets import load_dataset

librispeech_eval = load_dataset('librispeech_asr', 'clean', split='test')  # change to 'other' for other test dataset

2. Set Up Your Model

Just like preparing your tools before you start a DIY project, you must also load your speech recognition model. The following code does just that:

from transformers import Speech2TextTransformerForConditionalGeneration, Speech2TextTransformerTokenizer

model = Speech2TextTransformerForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained('valhalla/s2t_librispeech_medium').to('cuda')
tokenizer = Speech2TextTransformerTokenizer.from_pretrained('valhalla/s2t_librispeech_medium', do_upper_case=True)

3. Prepare the Audio Data

Imagine you’re collecting ingredients for a recipe. In this case, you’ll collect the audio data from the dataset:

import soundfile as sf

def map_to_array(batch):
    speech, _ = sf.read(batch['file'])
    batch['speech'] = speech
    return batch

librispeech_eval = librispeech_eval.map(map_to_array)

4. Generate Predictions

With your audio data properly prepared, it’s time to generate predictions—similar to how you’d name the dishes after cooking. Here’s how to do that:

def map_to_pred(batch):
    features = tokenizer(batch['speech'], sample_rate=16000, padding=True, return_tensors='pt')
    input_features = features.input_features.to('cuda')
    attention_mask = features.attention_mask.to('cuda')
    gen_tokens = model.generate(input_ids=input_features, attention_mask=attention_mask)
    batch['transcription'] = tokenizer.batch_decode(gen_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True)
    return batch

result = librispeech_eval.map(map_to_pred, batched=True, batch_size=8, remove_columns=['speech'])

5. Calculate the Word Error Rate (WER)

Finally, evaluate your model’s performance by calculating the Word Error Rate, akin to assessing the taste of your dish after serving. Use the following code:

from jiwer import wer

print('WER:', wer(result['text'], result['transcription']))

Understanding Your Results

After running the evaluation, you should see output results for WER such as:

• Clean: 3.5
• Other: 7.8

This means, for example, that for the ‘clean’ dataset, the model achieved a WER of 3.5%, indicating good transcription quality.

Troubleshooting Tips

If you encounter any issues while evaluating your model, consider the following troubleshooting tips:

• Ensure that all required libraries are installed and updated.
• Check that your CUDA is set up correctly if you are using GPU.
• Verify the paths for the audio files are correct and accessible.
• If you’re getting unexpected results, inspect how you’re preprocessing your data and generating predictions.

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Conclusion

Now you’re equipped to evaluate your automatic speech recognition model on the LibriSpeech dataset with ease. Practice makes perfect, so run the evaluation multiple times to refine your techniques!

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