no code implementations • 2 May 2024 • Thomas Palmeira Ferraz
Searching for a better compression approach, we propose DistilWhisper, an approach that is able to bridge the performance gap in ASR for these languages while retaining the advantages of multitask and multilingual capabilities.
Automatic Speech Recognition Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) +3
no code implementations • 24 Jan 2024 • Alexandre Alcoforado, Thomas Palmeira Ferraz, Lucas Hideki Okamura, Israel Campos Fama, Arnold Moya Lavado, Bárbara Dias Bueno, Bruno Veloso, Anna Helena Reali Costa
But randomly sampling data to be annotated is often inefficient as it ignores the characteristics of the data and the specific needs of the model.
1 code implementation • 2 Nov 2023 • Thomas Palmeira Ferraz, Marcely Zanon Boito, Caroline Brun, Vassilina Nikoulina
Whisper is a multitask and multilingual speech model covering 99 languages.
Automatic Speech Recognition Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) +2
no code implementations • 5 Aug 2023 • Adelmo Eloy, Thomas Palmeira Ferraz, Fellip Silva Alves, Roseli de Deus Lopes
Science and Engineering fairs offer K-12 students opportunities to engage with authentic STEM practices.
no code implementations • 4 Jan 2022 • Alexandre Alcoforado, Thomas Palmeira Ferraz, Rodrigo Gerber, Enzo Bustos, André Seidel Oliveira, Bruno Miguel Veloso, Fabio Levy Siqueira, Anna Helena Reali Costa
Traditional text classification approaches often require a good amount of labeled data, which is difficult to obtain, especially in restricted domains or less widespread languages.
no code implementations • 10 Dec 2021 • Thomas Palmeira Ferraz, Alexandre Alcoforado, Enzo Bustos, André Seidel Oliveira, Rodrigo Gerber, Naíde Müller, André Corrêa d'Almeida, Bruno Miguel Veloso, Anna Helena Reali Costa
In this paper, we (i) propose a new algorithm, DEBACER, which partitions moderated debates; (ii) carry out a comparative study between conventional and BERTimbau pipelines; and (iii) validate DEBACER applying it to the minutes of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal.