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license: cc-by-4.0
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language:
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- eu
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- gl
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- ca
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- es
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metrics:
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- perplexity
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tags:
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- kenlm
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- n-gram
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- language-model
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- lm
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- whisper
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- automatic-speech-recognition
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# Model Card for Whisper N-Gram Language Models
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## Model Description
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These models are [KenLM](https://kheafield.com/code/kenlm/) n-gram models
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trained for supporting automatic speech recognition (ASR) tasks, specifically
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designed to work well with Whisper ASR models but are generally applicable to
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any ASR system requiring robust n-gram language models. These models can
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improve recognition accuracy by providing context-specific probabilities of
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word sequences.
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## Intended Use
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These models are intended for use in language modeling tasks within ASR systems
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to improve prediction accuracy, especially in low-resource language scenarios.
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They can be integrated into any system that supports KenLM models.
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## Model Details
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Each model is built using the KenLM toolkit and is based on n-gram statistics
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extracted from large, domain-specific corpora. The models available are:
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- **Basque (eu)**: `5gram-eu.bin` (11G)
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- **Galician (gl)**: `5gram-gl.bin` (8.4G)
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- **Catalan (ca)**: `5gram-ca.bin` (20G)
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- **Spanish (es)**: `5gram-es.bin` (13G)
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## How to Use
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Here is an example of how to load and use the Basque model with KenLM in
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Python:
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```python
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import kenlm
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from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
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filepath = hf_hub_download(repo_id="HiTZ/whisper-lm-ngrams", filename="5gram-eu.bin")
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model = kenlm.Model(filepath)
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print(model.score("talka diskoetxearekin grabatzen ditut beti abestien maketak", bos=True, eos=True))
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```
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## Training Data
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The models were trained on corpora capped at 27 million sentences each to
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maintain comparability and manageability. Here's a breakdown of the sources for
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each language:
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* **Basque**: [EusCrawl 1.0](https://www.ixa.eus/euscrawl/)
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* **Galician**: [SLI GalWeb Corpus](https://github.com/xavier-gz/SLI_Galician_Corpora)
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* **Catalan**: [Catalan Textual Corpus](https://zenodo.org/records/4519349)
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* **Spanish**: [Spanish LibriSpeech MLS](https://openslr.org/94/)
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Additional data from recent [Wikipedia dumps](https://dumps.wikimedia.org/) and
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the [Opus corpus](https://opus.nlpl.eu/) were used as needed to reach the
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sentence cap.
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## Model Performance
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The performance of these models varies by the specific language and the quality
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of the training data. Typically, performance is evaluated based on perplexity
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and the improvement in ASR accuracy when integrated.
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## Considerations
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These models are designed for use in research and production for
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language-specific ASR tasks. They should be tested for bias and fairness to
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ensure appropriate use in diverse settings.
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## Citation
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If you use these models in your research, please cite:
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```bibtex
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@misc{dezuazo2025whisperlmimprovingasrmodels,
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title={Whisper-LM: Improving ASR Models with Language Models for Low-Resource Languages},
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author={Xabier de Zuazo and Eva Navas and Ibon Saratxaga and Inma Hernáez Rioja},
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year={2025},
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eprint={2503.23542},
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archivePrefix={arXiv},
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primaryClass={cs.CL},
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url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23542},
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}
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```
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And you can check the related paper preprint in
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[arXiv:2503.23542](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23542)
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for more details.
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## Licensing
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This model is available under the
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[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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You are free to use, modify, and distribute this model as long as you credit
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the original creators.
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## Acknowledgements
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We would like to express our gratitude to Niels Rogge for his guidance and
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support in the creation of this dataset repository. You can find more about his
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work at [his Hugging Face profile](https://huggingface.co/nielsr).
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