samolubukun/Nigerian-Languages-WAZOBIA-Speech-Transcription
Domain:
natural language processingRecord type:
software
Creator:
sam
Host:
This Gradio application provides a user-friendly interface for transcribing spoken audio in three major Nigerian languages: Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo. It leverages specialized Whisper and Wav2Vec2 models to convert speech to text, making it easier to process and analyze audio content in these languages.
# 🎤 Nigerian Languages Speech Transcription
This Gradio application provides a user-friendly interface for transcribing spoken audio in three major Nigerian languages: **Yoruba**, **Hausa**, and **Igbo**. It leverages specialized Whisper and Wav2Vec2 models to convert speech to text, making it easier to process and analyze audio content in these languages.
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## ✨ Features
* **Multi-language Support:** Transcribe audio in Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo.
* **Flexible Input:** Upload audio files (WAV, MP3, etc.) or record directly from your microphone.
* **Automatic Chunking:** Handles long audio files by automatically splitting and processing them in chunks for efficient transcription.
* **Real-time Feedback:** Provides transcription results quickly.
* **Model Information:** Displays details about the underlying models used for each language.
* **User-Friendly Interface:** Built with Gradio for an intuitive and interactive experience.
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## 🛠️ Installation
### Prerequisites
* Python 3.8+
* `pip` (Python package installer)
### Steps
1. **Clone the repository (or save `app.py` and `requirements.txt`):**
```bash
git clone github.com
cd Nigerian-Languages-WAZOBIA-Speech-Transcription
```
2. **Create a virtual environment (recommended):**
```bash
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`
```
3. **Install dependencies:**
The `requirements.txt` file contains all the necessary Python packages.
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Expected content of `requirements.txt`:
```
gradio
torch
transformers
librosa
numpy
```
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## 🚀 Usage
1. **Run the application:**
```bash
python app.py
```
2. **Access the interface:**
Once the application starts, it will provide a local URL (e.g., `127.0.0.1`). If `share=True` is enabled in `app.py`, it will also provide a public Gradio Share link. Open this URL in your web browser.
3. * …