bulk_transcribe_youtube_videos_from_playlist
AI
speech transcription
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bulk_transcribe_youtube_videos_from_playlist
Bulk Creation of Transcripts from YouTube Playlists with Whisper
github.com#whisper transcription#youtube transcript#bulk transcription#speech to text#faster-whisper
How HN took it
6 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Whisper transcripts are more accurate than YouTube's auto-generated ones.
From 3 comments
Whisper is generally better than the one in youtube.
tsurba on HNI found the YouTube one to be really bad for my voice and the way I speak - Whisper does it perfectly (using the large dataset). English is my second language, and I mumble.
kawsper on HNI would say that overall they are much, much better than the auto generated ones from YouTube. If the speaker speaks incredibly clearly and slowly, without slang, etc, then the…
eigenvalue on HN
Well architected, and the spaCy integration is nice.
From 1 comment
This is awesome man. We attempted to build something similar and wound up giving up and pivoting to transcripts w/ a punctuation model to enhance them. If this was around at the…
skeptrune on HN
Objections
Speaker diarization is not solved in this tool.
From 2 comments
You might want to look into diarization also http://gladia.io/ seem to be doing it well. It makes a great difference to have transcripts with speaker annotation.
tehlike on HNto zoom out a bit, this is known as the 'cocktail party problem' and is very much considered unsolved (particularly when there is an unknown number of speakers or overlapping…
huac on HN
Setup is hard for non-Python users.
From 1 comment
I don't have any experience with Python. Can someone point me to definitive (and idiot-proof) tutorials for Win 10 Pro and Mac OS? Maybe using Docker? I just don't know but am…
chiefalchemist on HN
Requests
Add speaker diarization.
From 2 comments
You might want to look into diarization also http://gladia.io/ seem to be doing it well. It makes a great difference to have transcripts with speaker annotation.
tehlike on HN> Turning those abstract speaker identifications into actual names would seem to require a fair bit of intelligence As someone looking for this functionality, this is the easiest…
pavel_lishin on HN
Make it a Chrome extension.
From 1 comment
This is nice! I like how you've built upon your previous youtube transcript cleaner project and put together something really compelling. Have you thought about spinning this…
josephrmartinez on HN
Questions
How does it compare to YouTube's own transcripts?
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, how does it compare to YouTube’s own generated transcripts?
barefeg on HN
Alternatives named
WhisperX
From 1 comment
The whisperX project has most of it covered they are integrating the new v3 model waiting for a ccp GGUF version also there is a workaround for the latest speaker diarization but…
jimmySixDOF on HN
Gladia
From 1 comment
You might want to look into diarization also http://gladia.io/ seem to be doing it well. It makes a great difference to have transcripts with speaker annotation.
tehlike on HN
Deepgram
From 1 comment
Deepgram is really good and around your price point too. They also have $200 free credit which should be more than enough for most hobby protects.
tornato7 on HN
YouTube auto-generated transcripts
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, how does it compare to YouTube’s own generated transcripts?
barefeg on HN