Wav2vec2 Large Xlsr Persian V2
An automatic speech recognition model fine-tuned on Persian (Farsi) using the Common Voice dataset, based on facebook/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53
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Release Time : 3/2/2022
Model Overview
This is a model for Persian automatic speech recognition (ASR), fine-tuned based on Facebook's wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53 architecture, supporting speech input at 16kHz sampling rate.
Model Features
Persian Optimization
Specially fine-tuned for Persian, including Persian character processing and normalization
Based on Common Voice Dataset
Trained and validated using the Persian Common Voice dataset
No Language Model Required
Can be used directly without additional language models
Model Capabilities
Persian Speech Recognition
16kHz Speech Processing
Use Cases
Speech-to-Text
Persian Speech Transcription
Convert Persian speech to text
Test WER of 31.92%
🚀 Wav2Vec2-Large-XLSR-53-Persian V2
This model is a fine - tuned version of facebook/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53 for Persian (Farsi) language, leveraging Common Voice. Ensure your speech input is sampled at 16kHz when using this model.
🚀 Quick Start
Installation
# requirement packages
!pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/datasets.git
!pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git
!pip install torchaudio
!pip install librosa
!pip install jiwer
!pip install hazm
Prediction
import librosa
import torch
import torchaudio
from transformers import Wav2Vec2ForCTC, Wav2Vec2Processor
from datasets import load_dataset
import numpy as np
import hazm
import re
import string
import IPython.display as ipd
_normalizer = hazm.Normalizer()
chars_to_ignore = [
",", "?", ".", "!", "-", ";", ":", '""', "%", "'", '"', "�",
"#", "!", "؟", "?", "«", "»", "،", "(", ")", "؛", "'ٔ", "٬",'ٔ', ",", "?",
".", "!", "-", ";", ":",'"',"“", "%", "‘", "”", "�", "–", "…", "_", "”", '“', '„',
'ā', 'š',
# "ء",
]
# In case of farsi
chars_to_ignore = chars_to_ignore + list(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits)
chars_to_mapping = {
'ك': 'ک', 'دِ': 'د', 'بِ': 'ب', 'زِ': 'ز', 'ذِ': 'ذ', 'شِ': 'ش', 'سِ': 'س', 'ى': 'ی',
'ي': 'ی', 'أ': 'ا', 'ؤ': 'و', "ے": "ی", "ۀ": "ه", "ﭘ": "پ", "ﮐ": "ک", "ﯽ": "ی",
"ﺎ": "ا", "ﺑ": "ب", "ﺘ": "ت", "ﺧ": "خ", "ﺩ": "د", "ﺱ": "س", "ﻀ": "ض", "ﻌ": "ع",
"ﻟ": "ل", "ﻡ": "م", "ﻢ": "م", "ﻪ": "ه", "ﻮ": "و", 'ﺍ': "ا", 'ة': "ه",
'ﯾ': "ی", 'ﯿ': "ی", 'ﺒ': "ب", 'ﺖ': "ت", 'ﺪ': "د", 'ﺮ': "ر", 'ﺴ': "س", 'ﺷ': "ش",
'ﺸ': "ش", 'ﻋ': "ع", 'ﻤ': "م", 'ﻥ': "ن", 'ﻧ': "ن", 'ﻭ': "و", 'ﺭ': "ر", "ﮔ": "گ",
# "ها": " ها", "ئ": "ی",
"a": " ای ", "b": " بی ", "c": " سی ", "d": " دی ", "e": " ایی ", "f": " اف ",
"g": " جی ", "h": " اچ ", "i": " آی ", "j": " جی ", "k": " کی ", "l": " ال ",
"m": " ام ", "n": " ان ", "o": " او ", "p": " پی ", "q": " کیو ", "r": " آر ",
"s": " اس ", "t": " تی ", "u": " یو ", "v": " وی ", "w": " دبلیو ", "x": " اکس ",
"y": " وای ", "z": " زد ",
"\u200c": " ", "\u200d": " ", "\u200e": " ", "\u200f": " ", "\ufeff": " ",
}
def multiple_replace(text, chars_to_mapping):
pattern = "|".join(map(re.escape, chars_to_mapping.keys()))
return re.sub(pattern, lambda m: chars_to_mapping[m.group()], str(text))
def remove_special_characters(text, chars_to_ignore_regex):
text = re.sub(chars_to_ignore_regex, '', text).lower() + " "
return text
def normalizer(batch, chars_to_ignore, chars_to_mapping):
chars_to_ignore_regex = f"""[{"".join(chars_to_ignore)}]"""
text = batch["sentence"].lower().strip()
text = _normalizer.normalize(text)
text = multiple_replace(text, chars_to_mapping)
text = remove_special_characters(text, chars_to_ignore_regex)
text = re.sub(" +", " ", text)
text = text.strip() + " "
batch["sentence"] = text
return batch
def speech_file_to_array_fn(batch):
speech_array, sampling_rate = torchaudio.load(batch["path"])
speech_array = speech_array.squeeze().numpy()
speech_array = librosa.resample(np.asarray(speech_array), sampling_rate, 16_000)
batch["speech"] = speech_array
return batch
def predict(batch):
features = processor(batch["speech"], sampling_rate=16_000, return_tensors="pt", padding=True)
input_values = features.input_values.to(device)
attention_mask = features.attention_mask.to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
logits = model(input_values, attention_mask=attention_mask).logits
pred_ids = torch.argmax(logits, dim=-1)
batch["predicted"] = processor.batch_decode(pred_ids)[0]
return batch
device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
processor = Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained("m3hrdadfi/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-persian-v2")
model = Wav2Vec2ForCTC.from_pretrained("m3hrdadfi/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-persian-v2").to(device)
dataset = load_dataset("common_voice", "fa", split="test[:1%]")
dataset = dataset.map(
normalizer,
fn_kwargs={"chars_to_ignore": chars_to_ignore, "chars_to_mapping": chars_to_mapping},
remove_columns=list(set(dataset.column_names) - set(['sentence', 'path']))
)
dataset = dataset.map(speech_file_to_array_fn)
result = dataset.map(predict)
max_items = np.random.randint(0, len(result), 20).tolist()
for i in max_items:
reference, predicted = result["sentence"][i], result["predicted"][i]
print("reference:", reference)
print("predicted:", predicted)
print('---')
Output
reference: عجم زنده کردم بدین پارسی
predicted: عجم زنده کردم بدین پارسی
---
reference: لباس هایم کی آماده خواهند شد
predicted: لباس خایم کی آماده خواهند شد
---
reference: با مهان همنشین شدم
predicted: با مهان همنشین شدم
---
reference: یکی از بهترین فیلم هایی بود که در این سال ها دیدم
predicted: یکی از بهترین فیلمهایی بود که در این سالها دیدم
---
reference: اون خیلی بد ماساژ میده
predicted: اون خیلی بد ماساژ میده
---
reference: هنوزم بزرگترین دستاورد دولت روحانی اینه که رییسی رییسجمهور نشد
predicted: هنوزم بزرگترین دستآوردار دولت روانیاینه که ریسی ریسیومرو نشد
---
reference: واسه بدنسازی آماده ای
predicted: واسه بعدنسافی آماده ای
---
reference: خدای من شماها سالمین
predicted: خدای من شما ها سالمین
---
reference: بهشون ثابت میشه که دروغ نگفتم
predicted: بهشون ثابت میشه که دروغ مگفتم
---
reference: آیا ممکن است یک پتو برای من بیاورید
predicted: سف کمیتخ لظا
---
reference: نزدیک جلو
predicted: رزیک جلو
---
reference: شایعه پراکن دربارهاش دروغ و شایعه می سازد
predicted: شایه پراکن دربارهاش دروغ و شایعه می سازد
---
reference: وقتی نیاز است که یک چهره دوستانه بیابند
predicted: وقتی نیاز است یک چهره دوستانه بیابند
---
reference: ممکنه رادیواکتیوی چیزی باشه
predicted: ممکنه به آدیوتیوی چیزی باشه
---
reference: دهنتون رو ببندید
predicted: دهن جن رو ببندید
---
reference: پاشیم بریم قند و شکر و روغنمون رو بگیریم تا تموم نشده
predicted: پاشین بریم قند و شکر و روغنمون رو بگیریم تا تموم نشده
---
reference: اما قبل از تمام کردن بحث تاریخی باید ذکری هم از ناپیکس بکنیم
predicted: اما قبل از تمام کردن بحث تاریخی باید ذکری هم از نایپکس بکنیم
---
reference: لطفا کپی امضا شده قرارداد را بازگردانید
predicted: لطفا کپی امضال شده قرار داد را باز گردانید
---
reference: خیلی هم چیز مهمی نیست
predicted: خیلی هم چیز مهمی نیست
---
reference: شایعه پراکن دربارهاش دروغ و شایعه می سازد
predicted: شایه پراکن دربارهاش دروغ و شایعه می سازد
---
📚 Documentation
Evaluation
import librosa
import torch
import torchaudio
from transformers import Wav2Vec2ForCTC, Wav2Vec2Processor
from datasets import load_dataset, load_metric
import numpy as np
import hazm
import re
import string
_normalizer = hazm.Normalizer()
chars_to_ignore = [
",", "?", ".", "!", "-", ";", ":", '""', "%", "'", '"', "�",
"#", "!", "؟", "?", "«", "»", "،", "(", ")", "؛", "'ٔ", "٬",'ٔ', ",", "?",
".", "!", "-", ";", ":",'"',"“", "%", "‘", "”", "�", "–", "…", "_", "”", '“', '„',
'ā', 'š',
# "ء",
]
# In case of farsi
chars_to_ignore = chars_to_ignore + list(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits)
chars_to_mapping = {
'ك': 'ک', 'دِ': 'د', 'بِ': 'ب', 'زِ': 'ز', 'ذِ': 'ذ', 'شِ': 'ش', 'سِ': 'س', 'ى': 'ی',
'ي': 'ی', 'أ': 'ا', 'ؤ': 'و', "ے": "ی", "ۀ": "ه", "ﭘ": "پ", "ﮐ": "ک", "ﯽ": "ی",
"ﺎ": "ا", "ﺑ": "ب", "ﺘ": "ت", "ﺧ": "خ", "ﺩ": "د", "ﺱ": "س", "ﻀ": "ض", "ﻌ": "ع",
"ﻟ": "ل", "ﻡ": "م", "ﻢ": "م", "ﻪ": "ه", "ﻮ": "و", 'ﺍ': "ا", 'ة': "ه",
'ﯾ': "ی", 'ﯿ': "ی", 'ﺒ': "ب", 'ﺖ': "ت", 'ﺪ': "د", 'ﺮ': "ر", 'ﺴ': "س", 'ﺷ': "ش",
'ﺸ': "ش", 'ﻋ': "ع", 'ﻤ': "م", 'ﻥ': "ن", 'ﻧ': "ن", 'ﻭ': "و", 'ﺭ': "ر", "ﮔ": "گ",
# "ها": " ها", "ئ": "ی",
"a": " ای ", "b": " بی ", "c": " سی ", "d": " دی ", "e": " ایی ", "f": " اف ",
"g": " جی ", "h": " اچ ", "i": " آی ", "j": " جی ", "k": " کی ", "l": " ال ",
"m": " ام ", "n": " ان ", "o": " او ", "p": " پی ", "q": " کیو ", "r": " آر ",
"s": " اس ", "t": " تی ", "u": " یو ", "v": " وی ", "w": " دبلیو ", "x": " اکس ",
"y": " وای ", "z": " زد ",
"\u200c": " ", "\u200d": " ", "\u200e": " ", "\u200f": " ", "\ufeff": " ",
}
def multiple_replace(text, chars_to_mapping):
pattern = "|".join(map(re.escape, chars_to_mapping.keys()))
return re.sub(pattern, lambda m: chars_to_mapping[m.group()], str(text))
def remove_special_characters(text, chars_to_ignore_regex):
text = re.sub(chars_to_ignore_regex, '', text).lower() + " "
return text
def normalizer(batch, chars_to_ignore, chars_to_mapping):
chars_to_ignore_regex = f"""[{"".join(chars_to_ignore)}]"""
text = batch["sentence"].lower().strip()
text = _normalizer.normalize(text)
text = multiple_replace(text, chars_to_mapping)
text = remove_special_characters(text, chars_to_ignore_regex)
text = re.sub(" +", " ", text)
text = text.strip() + " "
batch["sentence"] = text
return batch
def speech_file_to_array_fn(batch):
speech_array, sampling_rate = torchaudio.load(batch["path"])
speech_array = speech_array.squeeze().numpy()
speech_array = librosa.resample(np.asarray(speech_array), sampling_rate, 16_000)
batch["speech"] = speech_array
return batch
def predict(batch):
features = processor(batch["speech"], sampling_rate=16_000, return_tensors="pt", padding=True)
input_values = features.input_values.to(device)
attention_mask = features.attention_mask.to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
logits = model(input_values, attention_mask=attention_mask).logits
pred_ids = torch.argmax(logits, dim=-1)
batch["predicted"] = processor.batch_decode(pred_ids)[0]
return batch
device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
processor = Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained("m3hrdadfi/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-persian-v2")
model = Wav2Vec2ForCTC.from_pretrained("m3hrdadfi/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-persian-v2").to(device)
dataset = load_dataset("common_voice", "fa", split="test")
dataset = dataset.map(
normalizer,
fn_kwargs={"chars_to_ignore": chars_to_ignore, "chars_to_mapping": chars_to_mapping},
remove_columns=list(set(dataset.column_names) - set(['sentence', 'path']))
)
dataset = dataset.map(speech_file_to_array_fn)
result = dataset.map(predict)
wer = load_metric("wer")
print("WER: {:.2f}".format(100 * wer.compute(predictions=result["predicted"], references=result["sentence"])))
Test Result
- WER: 31.92%
Training
The Common Voice train
and validation
datasets were used for training.
📄 License
This project is licensed under the apache - 2.0
license.
🔍 Model Information
Property | Details |
---|---|
Model Type | Fine - tuned Wav2Vec2-Large-XLSR-53 for Persian |
Training Data | Common Voice train , validation datasets |
Task | Automatic Speech Recognition |
Test WER | 31.92% |
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