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arXiv CS.AI·24d ago·5 min read
Model-Agnostic and Language-Agnostic Voice Pipeline Improvement for the Agriculture Domain
TL;DR
A modular, model-agnostic pipeline was developed to enhance automatic speech recognition (ASR) for FarmerChat, significantly improving transcription accuracy in noisy agricultural environments. The pipeline achieved a 16-23% reduction in word error rate across various ASR models, particularly excelling in multi-speaker scenarios.
✦ Why It Matters
Implement this pipeline to enhance ASR accuracy in noisy environments, especially for agricultural applications.
Key Takeaways
- Utilize gated audio enhancement for clearer recordings.
- Implement speaker diarization to filter out competing voices.
- Incorporate a domain-specific lexicon for better terminology accuracy.
- Evaluate ASR performance using word error rate metrics.
How It Works
The pipeline enhances ASR by first applying gated audio enhancement to improve sound quality, followed by speaker diarization to identify and select the target speaker. This prevents background noise and competing speech from contaminating the transcript.
After ASR processing, a domain-aware correction step uses a weighted agricultural lexicon to ensure that critical agricultural terms are accurately transcribed, followed by a quality gate to assess the reliability of the transcripts.