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ModelEthio-ASR Amharic (600M)9Ethio-ASR Multi (300M)13Ethio-ASR Multi (600M)10Ethio-ASR Multi (94M)9Meta MMS-1B12OmniASR-CTC (1B)6OmniASR-CTC (300M)8OmniASR-CTC (3B)4OmniASR-LLM (1B)1OmniASR-LLM (300M)9OmniASR-LLM (3B)4OpenAI Whisper-small12
Audio qualityClean Studio7Ambient Room Noise8Harsh Environment8Distant / Low-Volume Mic7Wideband Phone (VoLTE)9Randomized Phone Channel8Narrowband 2G + Packet Loss9

What did the model get wrong?

Ethio-ASR Multi (94M) Narrowband 2G + Packet Loss   Example 9 of 20  ยท  speaker: Female

๐ŸŽง Listen โ€” Narrowband 2G + Packet Loss
Heavy background noise plus phone-call compression โ€” worst-case stress test.
โœ… What was actually said
แ‰แŒฅแˆฉ แ‹œแˆฎ แ‹˜แŒ แŠ แŠ แŠ•แ‹ต แˆแˆˆแ‰ต แŠ แˆแˆตแ‰ต แˆตแ‹ตแˆตแ‰ต แˆฐแ‰ฃแ‰ต แˆตแˆแŠ•แ‰ต แ‹˜แŒ แŠ แ‹œแˆฎ แŠแ‹
๐Ÿค– What this model heard
amh แ‰†แ‹ตแˆฎ แŒ†แˆฎ แ‰ แ‹›แŠ แŠ แŠ•แ‹ต แˆแˆˆแ‰ต แŠ แˆแˆตแ‰ต แ‰ แ‹ตแˆฐแ‰ฃแ‰ต แ‰ แˆ˜แŠ•แ‹˜แ‹› แŠฅแŠ•แŒ€แ‹ญแˆฎ แŠแ‹
Correct
Wrong (different word)
Missed (skipped)
Extra (added)
4
Correct
6
Wrong
2
Missed
1
Extra
33%
Words right
Out of 12 spoken words, this model got 4 right (33%). Errors: 6 words wrong; 2 missed; 1 extra.

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