Speech Recognition
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#196: Why Your Irish Accent Sounds American
Herman and Corn dive into the mechanics of neural text-to-speech, exploring how AI masters human prosody and the "average voice" accent problem.
#153: Acoustic Hygiene: Why Your Room Is Your Most Important AI Hardware
Learn how to transform your home office into a high-performance voice-first workspace using acoustic hygiene and ergonomic IKEA furniture hacks.
#145: The Ergonomic Case for Eyes-Free Computing
Tired of being tethered to your screen? Herman and Corn explore the future of voice-first productivity and the rise of autonomous AI agents.
#142: Breaking the Voice Wall: The Future of Native Speech AI
Explore why native speech-to-speech AI is 20x more expensive than text pipelines and how "semantic VAD" is solving the awkward silence problem.
#136: The Ghost in the Machine: Why AI Voices Hallucinate
Why does your AI suddenly start shouting or whispering like Darth Vader? Herman and Corn dive into the glitchy world of TTS hallucinations.
#120: Silencing the Siren: Real-Time AI Noise Reduction
How do phones remove sirens and crying babies in real time? Explore the neural networks and hardware making crystal-clear audio possible.
#109: Beating Context Bloat with Dynamic Dictionaries
Tired of AI mishearing brand names? Learn how to build efficient custom dictionaries for Gemini 1.5 without breaking the bank.
#99: The Mic That Hears You from Across the Desk
Tired of headsets? Herman and Corn explore professional microphone setups for seamless, high-accuracy AI voice dictation from a distance.
#91: The Story Behind the Show
Daniel Rosehill explains the origins, motivation, and technical pipeline behind the My Weird Prompts AI-generated podcast.
#69: Why the Gooseneck Mic Beats Studio Gear for AI
The gooseneck mic: a humble hero with surprising AI power. Discover its secret to crystal-clear speech-to-text accuracy!
#64: How AI Learns to See, Hear, and Think Together
AI is evolving beyond text, learning to see, hear, and understand our world. Discover the future of human-AI interaction!
#58: Clean Audio, Messy Reality: Noise Removal for Voice-to-Text
Fussy baby, clean audio? We dive into noise removal for voice-to-text. Discover why cleaner audio can transcribe worse.
#57: From Lawyers in Limousines to Developers in Their PJs: The Voice Tech Revolution
From limo-riding lawyers to pajama-clad coders, voice tech is booming. Discover how AI is making it a force for good.
#54: How AI Unifies Images, Audio, and Text
Omnimodal AI: How do models process images, audio, video, and text all at once? Discover the engineering behind AI that accepts anything.
#33: When AI Decides to Listen
Ever wonder how your AI knows you're talking? We're diving deep into VAD, the unseen magic behind AI's ears.
#29: Will Multimodal Audio Replace Speech-to-Text?
Is multimodal audio the future? We explore if AI can truly displace traditional speech-to-text for a screen-free world.
#28: Your AI, Evolving: Beyond the Static Snapshot
Is your AI an "old suit" that no longer fits? We explore evolving AI that learns and adapts with you.
#22: The Input Bottleneck: Why Your Mic Matters for AI
Uncover the secrets to perfect AI dictation! Corn and Herman explore the ultimate speech-to-text hardware.
#26: Fine-Tuning AI to Understand Your Voice
Voice typing is changing everything. Join us as we explore the revolution of personalizing Whisper!
#15: AI Gets Personal: The Power of Voice Fine-Tuning
AI that understands *your* voice? Dive into the fascinating world of fine-tuning and discover how AI gets personal.
#9: Benchmarking Custom ASR Tools - Beyond The WER
Benchmarking custom ASR fine-tunes: We're diving deep beyond the WER to truly measure performance.
#7: Building Custom ASR Tools
Ever wondered how to build your own ASR tools from scratch? Discover the why and how in this episode!
#8: Building Your Own Whisper
Ever wondered if you could build your own speech recognition tool? We dive deep into crafting custom ASR.
#5: Fine-Tuning ASR For Maximal Usability
Fine-tuned ASR is just the start. Discover the next steps for deployment and maximizing usability.