Like all the models on the transformers models, all Whisper checkpoints can be loaded in a memory-efficient way! With load_in_8bit=True you can load the model with 8-bit precision. P.S. You can load a Whisper-large model < 6.6 gig VRAM
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Whisper: Transcribe Audio and YouTube Videos with AI
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Transcribe audio and YouTube videos with any pre-trained or fine-tuned Whisper checkpoint on the hub! All you need to do is duplicate this space and update your checkpoint name and language! https://
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Whisper Model Long Transcription Using Transformers Pipeline
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Use any Whisper model on the hub for long transcription using the transformers pipeline! Just add chunk_length_s parameter to the pipeline and it'll slide through the audio to create a transcription.
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Whisper Models Hub: Demos and Scripts Showcase
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With great models, come excellent capabilities! With the influx of many brilliant models on the hub, we created some demos and scripts to showcase what the Whisper models are capable of! Here's a thread of all the cool stuff you can do with Whisper models on the Hub
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LambdaAPI Giveaway: $330 Cloud Credits for Whisper Fine-tuning
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Last but not least! @LambdaAPI will giveaway 330$ cloud to the 3 participants of the event. Anyone who shares their journey fine-tuning the Whisper model on twitter and tag @huggingface & @LambdaAPI would be eligible. 330$ is enough to get 300 1x A100 compute
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Whisper Large Czech Fine-tuned Model Achieves 10.278 WER
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Whisper large checkpoint fine-tuned for Czech with a WER of 10.278 by @miker
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Whisper Small Model Fine-tuned for Greek to English Translation
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Whisper small checkpoint fine-tuned for Greek to English translation task https://
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Spanish Whisper Medium Model Fine-tuned Achieves 5.4% Error Rate
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Whisper medium checkpoint fine-tuned on Spanish with a WER of 5.4218 by @juancopi81 https://
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Whisper Fine Tuning Sprint Achieves 51 Checkpoints Across 20 Languages
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Day 3 of Whisper Fine Tuning Sprint powered by @LambdaAPI
! Our community is operating at lightning speed! So far we've added:
– 51 Whisper checkpoints
– 20+ languages https://
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Join Discord Event Fine-Tune Speech Recognition Models
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Are you interested in joining the event and fine-tuning your own models? Join our discord server and help democratise Speech Recognition across languages! https://
hf.co/join/discord