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8f2ab37a-ed6c on March 30, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Universal Speech Model

Whisper is incredible, and it's bananas that they give it away for free. It is able to decipher English with the thickest of accents, often better than me.

abraxas on March 30, 2023 [–]

No, no it isn't.

Source, me with my Eastern Europe accent. There are engines out there that do far better with my accent. FAR better.

8f2ab37a-ed6c on March 30, 2023 | [–]

That wasn’t my experience, but that’s an interesting data point, thanks for sharing.

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