---
task_categories:
- automatic-speech-recognition
language:
- ms
- en
- zh
- ta
- id
---
# Malaysian STT Whisper format

Heavy postprocessing and post-translation to improve pseudolabeled Whisper Large V3. Also include word level timestamp.

## Postprocessing

1. Check repetitive trigrams.
2. Verify Voice Activity using Silero-VAD.
3. Verify scores using Force Alignment.

## Post-translation

We use [mesolitica/nanot5-base-malaysian-translation-v2.1](https://huggingface.co/mesolitica/nanot5-base-malaysian-translation-v2.1).

## Dataset involved

2. [Malaysian context v2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/mesolitica/pseudolabel-malaysian-youtube-whisper-large-v3-timestamp)
3. [Singaporean context](https://huggingface.co/datasets/mesolitica/pseudolabel-imda-large-v3-timestamp)
4. [Indonesian context](https://huggingface.co/datasets/mesolitica/pseudolabel-indonesian-large-v3-timestamp)
5. [Mandarin audio](https://huggingface.co/datasets/mesolitica/pseudolabel-mandarin-large-v3-timestamp)
6. [Tamil audio](https://huggingface.co/datasets/mesolitica/pseudolabel-tamil-large-v3-timestamp)
7. [Science context](https://huggingface.co/datasets/mesolitica/pseudolabel-science-large-v3-timestamp)
8. [Malay sarawak](https://huggingface.co/datasets/malaysia-ai/sarawakmalay-whisper-format)
9. [Scripted Malay Daily Use Speech Corpus](https://huggingface.co/datasets/malaysia-ai/scripted-malay-daily-use-speech-corpus-whisper-format)
10. [Malay Conversational Speech Corpus](https://huggingface.co/datasets/malaysia-ai/malay-conversational-speech-corpus-whisper-format)
11. [Iban](https://huggingface.co/datasets/malaysia-ai/iban-whisper-format)

## how to prepare the dataset

```bash
huggingface-cli download --repo-type dataset \
--include '*.zip' \
--local-dir './' \
--max-workers 20 \
mesolitica/Malaysian-STT-Whisper

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/huseinzol05/2e26de4f3b29d99e993b349864ab6c10/raw/9b2251f3ff958770215d70c8d82d311f82791b78/unzip.py
python3 unzip.py
```

## Source code

Source code at https://github.com/mesolitica/malaysian-dataset/tree/master/speech-to-text-semisupervised/distilled-malaysian-whisper