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ModelEthio-ASR Amharic (600M)3Ethio-ASR Multi (300M)9Ethio-ASR Multi (600M)4Ethio-ASR Multi (94M)6Meta MMS-1B10OmniASR-CTC (1B)4OmniASR-CTC (300M)3OmniASR-CTC (3B)3OmniASR-LLM (1B)4OmniASR-LLM (300M)7OmniASR-LLM (3B)2OpenAI Whisper-small10
Audio qualityClean Studio6Ambient Room Noise7Harsh Environment9Distant / Low-Volume Mic7Wideband Phone (VoLTE)9Randomized Phone Channel12Narrowband 2G + Packet Loss18

What did the model get wrong?

Ethio-ASR Multi (300M) Harsh Environment   Example 12 of 20  ยท  speaker: Female

๐ŸŽง Listen โ€” Harsh Environment
Very heavy background noise โ€” much harder than typical audio.
โœ… What was actually said
แŠ แˆแŠ• แ‹ซแˆˆแˆแ‰ต แŠ แ‹ณแˆ› แŠแ‹ แ‹ˆแ‹ฐ แŒ…แ‰กแ‰ฒ แˆˆแˆตแˆซ แˆแˆ„แ‹ต แˆตแˆˆแˆ†แŠ แŠแ‹
๐Ÿค– What this model heard
amh แŠ แˆแŠ• แ‹ซแˆˆแ‹ แŠ แ‹ณแˆ›แŠแ‹ แ‹ˆแ‹ฐ แŒแŒ‰ แ‰ฑแˆŒ แˆตแˆซ แ‹ตแˆ„แ‰ตแ‰ฝ แ‹จแˆ†แŠ แŠแ‹
Correct
Wrong (different word)
Missed (skipped)
Extra (added)
2
Correct
8
Wrong
0
Missed
1
Extra
20%
Words right
Out of 10 spoken words, this model got 2 right (20%). Errors: 8 words wrong; 1 extra.

Try switching Audio quality โ€” see the same model degrade as the audio gets noisier.