NeMo
NVIDIA toolkit with punctuation/capitalization models
Episodes
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#6154: Who Checks the Labels? Weak vs Strong SupervisionHuman labels, rule-based labels, or a teacher model writing the exam — what actually makes supervision "strong," and who verifies it? -
#6032: Blending Datasets vs Merging Weights for Fine-TuningMerging weights happens in parameter space. Blending datasets happens in data space — and the messy part is worth it. -
#6023: How Much Voice Data Is Enough?Two hours of phone recordings took Hebrew code-switching from 20% to 60%. But when does more data stop mattering? -
#5995: NVIDIA ASR: Parakeet, Canary, and Nemotron ExplainedWhisper gives you one dial. NVIDIA gives you five. A practical map of the Parakeet, Canary, and Nemotron speech models. -
#5430: Two Boxes: ASR and the Text Fixer Behind ItPunctuation, casing, ITN, disfluency — the four-job layer between raw ASR output and text you can actually read. -
#4919: Parakeet vs Whisper: On-Device Dictation ShowdownNVIDIA Parakeet beats Whisper on phone dictation despite having more parameters. Here's why architecture matters more than model size. -
#2337: When Diarization Fails SilentlyDiscover how PyAnnote and other tools tackle the critical task of identifying "who spoke when" in audio—and why it’s harder than it sounds. -
#1555: Beyond Whisper: NVIDIA’s Real-Time Speech RevolutionMove over Whisper. NVIDIA's new models offer 10x speed increases and better accuracy for real-time speech-to-text.