
# Fine-tuned XLSR-53 large model for speech recognition in Greek

Fine-tuned [facebook/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53](https://huggingface.co/facebook/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53) on Greek using the train and validation splits of [Common Voice 6.1](https://huggingface.co/datasets/common_voice) and [CSS10](https://github.com/Kyubyong/css10).
When using this model, make sure that your speech input is sampled at 16kHz.

This model has been fine-tuned thanks to the GPU credits generously given by the [OVHcloud](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/ai-training/) :)

The script used for training can be found here: https://github.com/jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-sprint

## Usage

The model can be used directly (without a language model) as follows...

Using the [HuggingSound](https://github.com/jonatasgrosman/huggingsound) library:

```python
from huggingsound import SpeechRecognitionModel

model = SpeechRecognitionModel("jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek")
audio_paths = ["/path/to/file.mp3", "/path/to/another_file.wav"]

transcriptions = model.transcribe(audio_paths)
```

Writing your own inference script:

```python
import torch
import librosa
from datasets import load_dataset
from transformers import Wav2Vec2ForCTC, Wav2Vec2Processor

LANG_ID = "el"
MODEL_ID = "jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek"
SAMPLES = 5

test_dataset = load_dataset("common_voice", LANG_ID, split=f"test[:{SAMPLES}]")

processor = Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained(MODEL_ID)
model = Wav2Vec2ForCTC.from_pretrained(MODEL_ID)

# Preprocessing the datasets.
# We need to read the audio files as arrays
def speech_file_to_array_fn(batch):
    speech_array, sampling_rate = librosa.load(batch["path"], sr=16_000)
    batch["speech"] = speech_array
    batch["sentence"] = batch["sentence"].upper()
    return batch

test_dataset = test_dataset.map(speech_file_to_array_fn)
inputs = processor(test_dataset["speech"], sampling_rate=16_000, return_tensors="pt", padding=True)

with torch.no_grad():
    logits = model(inputs.input_values, attention_mask=inputs.attention_mask).logits

predicted_ids = torch.argmax(logits, dim=-1)
predicted_sentences = processor.batch_decode(predicted_ids)

for i, predicted_sentence in enumerate(predicted_sentences):
    print("-" * 100)
    print("Reference:", test_dataset[i]["sentence"])
    print("Prediction:", predicted_sentence)
```

| Reference  | Prediction |
| ------------- | ------------- |
| ΤΟ ΒΑΣΙΛΌΠΟΥΛΟ, ΠΟΥ ΜΟΙΆΖΕΙ ΛΕΟΝΤΑΡΆΚΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΕΤΟΥΔΆΚΙ | ΤΟ ΒΑΣΙΛΌΠΟΥΛΟ ΠΟΥ ΜΙΑΣΕ ΛΙΟΝΤΑΡΑΚΉ ΚΑΙ ΑΪΤΟΥΔΆΚΙ |
| ΣΥΝΆΜΑ ΞΕΠΡΌΒΑΛΑΝ ΑΠΌ ΜΈΣΑ ΑΠΌ ΤΑ ΔΈΝΤΡΑ, ΔΕΞΙΆ, ΑΡΜΑΤΩΜΈΝΟΙ ΚΑΒΑΛΑΡΈΟΙ. | ΣΥΝΆΜΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΌΒΑΛΑΝ ΑΠΌ ΜΈΣΑ ΑΠΌ ΤΑ ΔΈΝΤΡΑ ΔΕΞΙΆ ΑΡΜΑΤΩΜΈΝΟΙ ΚΑΒΑΛΑΡΈΟΙ |
| ΤΑ ΣΥΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΈΝΑ ΒΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΆ ΛΑΧΑΝΙΚΆ ΔΕΝ ΠΕΡΙΈΧΟΥΝ ΣΥΝΤΗΡΗΤΙΚΆ ΚΑΙ ΟΡΜΌΝΕΣ | ΤΑ ΣΥΣΚΕΦΑΣΜΈΝΑ ΒΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΆ ΛΑΧΑΝΙΚΆ ΔΕΝ ΠΕΡΙΈΧΟΥΝ ΣΙΔΗΡΗΤΙΚΆ ΚΑΙ ΟΡΜΌΝΕΣ |
| ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΉΣΕΤΕ ΜΕ! | ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΉΣΤΕ ΜΕ |
| ΚΑΙ ΠΟΎ ΜΠΟΡΏ ΝΑ ΤΟΝ ΒΡΩ; | Ε ΠΟΎ ΜΠΟΡΏ ΝΑ ΤΙ ΕΒΡΩ |
| ΝΑΙ! ΑΠΟΚΡΊΘΗΚΕ ΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΊ | ΝΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΘΗΚΕ ΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΊ |
| ΤΟ ΠΑΛΆΤΙ ΜΟΥ ΤΟ ΠΡΟΜΉΘΕΥΕ. | ΤΟ ΠΑΛΆΤΙ ΜΟΥ ΤΟ ΠΡΟΜΉΘΕΥΕ |
| ΉΛΘΕ ΜΉΝΥΜΑ ΑΠΌ ΤΟ ΘΕΊΟ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΆ; | ΉΛΘΑ ΜΕΊΝΕΙ ΜΕ ΑΠΌ ΤΟ ΘΕΊΟ ΒΑΣΊΛΙΑ |
| ΠΑΡΑΚΆΤΩ, ΈΝΑ ΡΥΆΚΙ ΜΟΥΡΜΟΎΡΙΖΕ ΓΛΥΚΆ, ΚΥΛΏΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΚΡΥΣΤΑΛΛΈΝΙΑ ΝΕΡΆ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΆΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΑ ΠΥΚΝΆ ΧΑΜΌΔΕΝΤΡΑ. | ΠΑΡΑΚΆΤΩ ΈΝΑ ΡΥΆΚΙ ΜΟΥΡΜΟΎΡΙΖΕ ΓΛΥΚΆ ΚΥΛΏΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΚΡΥΣΤΑΛΛΈΝΙΑ ΝΕΡΆ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΆΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΑ ΠΥΚΡΆ ΧΑΜΌΔΕΝΤΡΑ |
| ΠΡΆΓΜΑΤΙ, ΕΊΝΑΙ ΑΣΤΕΊΟ ΝΑ ΠΆΡΕΙ Ο ΔΙΆΒΟΛΟΣ | ΠΡΆΓΜΑΤΗ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΑΣΤΕΊΟ ΝΑ ΠΆΡΕΙ Ο ΔΙΆΒΟΛΟΣ |

## Evaluation

The model can be evaluated as follows on the Greek test data of Common Voice.

```python
import torch
import re
import librosa
from datasets import load_dataset, load_metric
from transformers import Wav2Vec2ForCTC, Wav2Vec2Processor

LANG_ID = "el"
MODEL_ID = "jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek"
DEVICE = "cuda"

CHARS_TO_IGNORE = [",", "?", "¿", ".", "!", "¡", ";", "；", ":", '""', "%", '"', "�", "ʿ", "·", "჻", "~", "՞",
                   "؟", "،", "।", "॥", "«", "»", "„", "“", "”", "「", "」", "‘", "’", "《", "》", "(", ")", "[", "]",
                   "{", "}", "=", "`", "_", "+", "<", ">", "…", "–", "°", "´", "ʾ", "‹", "›", "©", "®", "—", "→", "。",
                   "、", "﹂", "﹁", "‧", "～", "﹏", "，", "｛", "｝", "（", "）", "［", "］", "【", "】", "‥", "〽",
                   "『", "』", "〝", "〟", "⟨", "⟩", "〜", "：", "！", "？", "♪", "؛", "/", "\\\\", "º", "−", "^", "ʻ", "ˆ"]

test_dataset = load_dataset("common_voice", LANG_ID, split="test")

wer = load_metric("wer.py") # https://github.com/jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-sprint/blob/main/wer.py
cer = load_metric("cer.py") # https://github.com/jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-sprint/blob/main/cer.py

chars_to_ignore_regex = f"[{re.escape(''.join(CHARS_TO_IGNORE))}]"

processor = Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained(MODEL_ID)
model = Wav2Vec2ForCTC.from_pretrained(MODEL_ID)
model.to(DEVICE)

# Preprocessing the datasets.
# We need to read the audio files as arrays
def speech_file_to_array_fn(batch):
    with warnings.catch_warnings():
        warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
        speech_array, sampling_rate = librosa.load(batch["path"], sr=16_000)
    batch["speech"] = speech_array
    batch["sentence"] = re.sub(chars_to_ignore_regex, "", batch["sentence"]).upper()
    return batch

test_dataset = test_dataset.map(speech_file_to_array_fn)

# Preprocessing the datasets.
# We need to read the audio files as arrays
def evaluate(batch):
    inputs = processor(batch["speech"], sampling_rate=16_000, return_tensors="pt", padding=True)

    with torch.no_grad():
        logits = model(inputs.input_values.to(DEVICE), attention_mask=inputs.attention_mask.to(DEVICE)).logits

    pred_ids = torch.argmax(logits, dim=-1)
    batch["pred_strings"] = processor.batch_decode(pred_ids)
    return batch

result = test_dataset.map(evaluate, batched=True, batch_size=8)

predictions = [x.upper() for x in result["pred_strings"]]
references = [x.upper() for x in result["sentence"]]

print(f"WER: {wer.compute(predictions=predictions, references=references, chunk_size=1000) * 100}")
print(f"CER: {cer.compute(predictions=predictions, references=references, chunk_size=1000) * 100}")
```

**Test Result**:

In the table below I report the Word Error Rate (WER) and the Character Error Rate (CER) of the model. I ran the evaluation script described above on other models as well (on 2021-04-22). Note that the table below may show different results from those already reported, this may have been caused due to some specificity of the other evaluation scripts used.

| Model | WER | CER |
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| lighteternal/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek | **10.13%** | **2.66%** |
| jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek | 11.62% | 3.36% |
| vasilis/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek | 19.09% | 5.88% |
| PereLluis13/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek | 20.16% | 5.71% |

## Citation
If you want to cite this model you can use this:

```bibtex
@misc{grosman2021xlsr53-large-greek,
  title={Fine-tuned {XLSR}-53 large model for speech recognition in {G}reek},
  author={Grosman, Jonatas},
  howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek}},
  year={2021}
}
```
{"language": "el", "license": "apache-2.0", "tags": ["audio", "automatic-speech-recognition", "speech", "xlsr-fine-tuning-week"], "datasets": ["common_voice"], "metrics": ["wer", "cer"], "model-index": [{"name": "XLSR Wav2Vec2 Greek by Jonatas Grosman", "results": [{"task": {"type": "automatic-speech-recognition", "name": "Speech Recognition"}, "dataset": {"name": "Common Voice el", "type": "common_voice", "args": "el"}, "metrics": [{"type": "wer", "value": 11.62, "name": "Test WER"}, {"type": "cer", "value": 3.36, "name": "Test CER"}]}]}]}
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Fine-tuned XLSR-53 large model for speech recognition in Greek
==============================================================


Fine-tuned facebook/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53 on Greek using the train and validation splits of Common Voice 6.1 and CSS10.
When using this model, make sure that your speech input is sampled at 16kHz.


This model has been fine-tuned thanks to the GPU credits generously given by the OVHcloud :)


The script used for training can be found here: URL


Usage
-----


The model can be used directly (without a language model) as follows...


Using the HuggingSound library:


Writing your own inference script:



Evaluation
----------


The model can be evaluated as follows on the Greek test data of Common Voice.


Test Result:


In the table below I report the Word Error Rate (WER) and the Character Error Rate (CER) of the model. I ran the evaluation script described above on other models as well (on 2021-04-22). Note that the table below may show different results from those already reported, this may have been caused due to some specificity of the other evaluation scripts used.


Model: lighteternal/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek, WER: 10.13%, CER: 2.66%
Model: jonatasgrosman/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek, WER: 11.62%, CER: 3.36%
Model: vasilis/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek, WER: 19.09%, CER: 5.88%
Model: PereLluis13/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-greek, WER: 20.16%, CER: 5.71%


If you want to cite this model you can use this:



TAGS
#transformers #pytorch #jax #wav2vec2 #automatic-speech-recognition #audio #speech #xlsr-fine-tuning-week #el #dataset-common_voice #license-apache-2.0 #model-index #endpoints_compatible #has_space #region-us 

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#transformers #pytorch #jax #wav2vec2 #automatic-speech-recognition #audio #speech #xlsr-fine-tuning-week #el #dataset-common_voice #license-apache-2.0 #model-index #endpoints_compatible #has_space #region-us 
