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ModelEthio-ASR Amharic (600M)0Ethio-ASR Multi (300M)6Ethio-ASR Multi (600M)5Ethio-ASR Multi (94M)6Meta MMS-1B13OmniASR-CTC (1B)2OmniASR-CTC (300M)5OmniASR-CTC (3B)3OmniASR-LLM (1B)4OmniASR-LLM (300M)2OmniASR-LLM (3B)2OpenAI Whisper-small13
Audio qualityClean Studio5Ambient Room Noise4Harsh Environment5Distant / Low-Volume Mic5Wideband Phone (VoLTE)7Randomized Phone Channel5Narrowband 2G + Packet Loss13

What did the model get wrong?

Ethio-ASR Multi (600M) Harsh Environment   Example 13 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
แ‹ซแŠ›แ‹ แˆตแˆแŠญ แˆŒแˆ‹ แˆ˜แˆณแˆชแ‹ซ แˆ‹แ‹ญ แАแ‹ แ‹ซแˆˆแ‹ แŠจแ‹šแˆ…แŠ›แ‹ แ‰แŒฅแˆญ แˆ‹แ‹ญ แˆ†แŠ˜ แˆ˜แŒจแˆจแˆต แŠ แˆแ‰ฝแˆแˆ
๐Ÿค– What this model heard
amh แ‹จแŠ›แ‹ แˆตแˆแŠญ แˆŒแˆ‹ แˆ˜แˆณแˆชแ‹ซ แˆ‹แ‹ญแА แ‹ซแˆˆแ‹ แŠจแ‹šแˆ…แŠ›แ‹ แ‰แŒฅแˆญ แˆ‹แ‹ญ แˆ†แŠ แˆ˜แŒจแˆจแˆต แŠ แˆแ‰ฝแˆแˆ
Correct
Wrong (different word)
Missed (skipped)
Extra (added)
9
Correct
3
Wrong
1
Missed
1
Extra
69%
Words right
Out of 13 spoken words, this model got 9 right (69%). Errors: 3 words wrong; 1 missed; 1 extra.

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