Real-time transcription

Real-time Transcriptions in Basque

In international conferences and events, it is increasingly common to have automatic real-time transcriptions available during live presentations. These technologies are very valuable as accessibility measures. Not only for people with hearing problems or cognitive difficulties but also for those who do not fully master the language. Is something like this possible in Basque? So far, the examples I’ve seen are in English. Taking advantage of the fact that I recently published new Whisper models for Basque, I decided to conduct a small experiment. Using a small and lightweight model like whisper-tiny-eu, would we be able to create automatic real-time transcriptions in Basque? ...

March 4, 2024