# zzw922cn/automatic_speech_recognition

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2,834 stars · 536 forks · Python · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/zzw922cn/Automatic_Speech_Recognition
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/zzw922cn-automatic-speech-recognition.md

## Topics

`audio` `automatic-speech-recognition` `chinese-speech-recognition` `cnn` `data-preprocessing` `deep-learning` `end-to-end` `evaluation` `feature-vector` `layer-normalization` `lstm` `paper` `phonemes` `rnn` `rnn-encoder-decoder` `speech-recognition` `tensorflow` `timit-dataset`

## Description

This project is a machine learning toolkit designed for the development, training, and deployment of automatic speech recognition engines. It provides a comprehensive framework for converting spoken audio into written text, specifically supporting models trained on Mandarin and English datasets.

The library utilizes an end-to-end neural architecture that processes raw audio input directly into character sequences, bypassing the need for intermediate linguistic alignment. It incorporates signal processing techniques to transform sound waves into numerical spectrograms and feature vectors, which are then used to train acoustic models through iterative, hardware-accelerated learning cycles.

The toolkit includes a full suite of utilities for managing the model lifecycle, including data preprocessing, checkpoint-based state persistence, and performance evaluation. Users can assess transcription quality by calculating metrics such as phoneme edit distance against ground truth labels to quantify the precision of the speech-to-text conversion.

## Tags

### Artificial Intelligence & ML

- [Speech Recognition Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/machine-learning/speech-processing/automatic-speech-recognition/speech-recognition-engines.md) — Processes raw audio files into numerical feature vectors and transcribes them using neural network architectures.
- [Audio Transcriptions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/audio-transcriptions.md) — Provides comprehensive audio transcription capabilities for converting spoken audio into written text using neural models. ([source](https://github.com/zzw922cn/automatic_speech_recognition#readme))
- [Speech-to-Text Models](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/speech-to-text-models.md) — Converts spoken audio into accurate written text using deep learning models trained on Mandarin and English.
- [Audio Dataset Preprocessing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/dataset-preprocessing-tools/audio-dataset-preprocessing.md) — Standardizes and cleans raw audio data into numerical feature vectors for machine learning analysis. ([source](https://github.com/zzw922cn/automatic_speech_recognition#readme))
- [End-to-End Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/end-to-end-architectures.md) — Implements end-to-end neural architectures that map raw audio directly to character sequences without intermediate alignment.
- [Acoustic Model Trainers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/language-model-trainers/acoustic-model-trainers.md) — Facilitates the training of neural network components that map audio signals to phonetic units. ([source](https://github.com/zzw922cn/automatic_speech_recognition#readme))
- [Machine Learning Training](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/machine-learning/infrastructure/machine-learning-training.md) — Executes iterative learning cycles on neural network architectures to improve sound pattern recognition precision.
- [Performance Evaluation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/machine-learning/speech-processing/automatic-speech-recognition/performance-evaluation.md) — Quantifies the accuracy of speech recognition systems using phoneme edit distance metrics.
- [Hardware Acceleration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/model-training/hardware-acceleration.md) — Utilizes hardware acceleration to speed up the iterative mathematical computations required for neural network training.
- [Evaluation Metrics](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/sequence-learning-models/evaluation-metrics.md) — Measures transcription quality by calculating edit distance metrics between predicted character sequences and ground truth labels.
- [Speech-to-Text Conversion](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/speech-to-text-conversion.md) — Provides tools for calculating transcription accuracy metrics and managing model states for speech processing applications.
- [Speech-to-Text Modeling Toolkits](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/speech-to-text-modeling-toolkits.md) — Offers a framework for training and deploying end-to-end models that convert spoken audio into text.
- [Model State Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/tensorflow-model-development/model-state-management.md) — Enables saving and restoring model weights and parameters to maintain training progress across sessions. ([source](https://github.com/zzw922cn/automatic_speech_recognition#readme))
- [Transcription](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/text-to-sql-translators/accuracy-evaluators/transcription.md) — Calculates performance metrics like phoneme edit distance to determine how closely generated text matches original spoken input. ([source](https://github.com/zzw922cn/automatic_speech_recognition#readme))

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Audio Spectral Features](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/ai/feature-extraction/audio-spectral-features.md) — Extracts frequency-domain characteristics from audio signals to prepare data for machine learning analysis.

### Data & Databases

- [Model Checkpoints](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/state-checkpointing/model-checkpoints.md) — Serializes neural network weights and optimizer states to persistent storage to allow for training resumption.

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [Spectrogram Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/audio-signal-processing-workflows/spectrogram-processing.md) — Transforms raw audio waveforms into numerical spectrogram representations to highlight frequency patterns for machine learning.
