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Avalon: A speech recognition model optimized for human-computer interaction

2 days ago
  • #AI
  • #speech-recognition
  • #transcription
  • Avalon is a new speech recognition model optimized for human-computer interaction.
  • It outperforms Whisper Large v3 and ElevenLabs Scribe on most OpenASR benchmarks.
  • Avalon excels in domains like software and coding, with improved transcription accuracy.
  • A new benchmark called AISpeak was created to test Avalon's performance with AI jargon and domain-specific terms.
  • Avalon achieved 97.4% accuracy on AISpeak-10, significantly higher than competitors.
  • The model was built to address real-world usage, focusing on writing prompts, messages, and emails.
  • Avalon does not use user audio or transcripts for training unless explicitly opted in.
  • The model is available in Aqua for English, with multilingual versions coming soon.